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Atholdmeril of section SK
Attend mcor of section 68.
Amendrual of Rection 24.
Amcadoet ni section 749.
Addition of quodon 1304.
Aumenscherbent of section 120A.
15. Section 58(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "3" and substituting the following-
16. Section 68(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "$1(4)," the following-
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*SI(4A),”.
L7. Section 74(6) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting after "recorded delivery service,” the following—
"or registered post.".
I. Section 74B of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "1979" and substituting the following-
"*1982".
19. The principal Ordinance is amended in Part V by adding after the heading the following section-
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120A. In this Parl, unless the Contcl otherwise requires-
"business premises" means premises which are not domestic
premises;
“domestic premissa" means premises the subject of a seperate letting (including any bed-space, cubicle, room, floor or portion of a floor or building) which are used wholly or primarily for human habitation:
Provided that the following shall not be deemed to be domestic premises within the meaning of this definition-
(2) any building or portion of a building which is used for babitation only by caretakers or watchmen not exceeding two in number,
(b) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by office attendants or their families;
(c) any particular portion of an hotel or boarding-house which is let by the keeper of such hotel or boarding- house to a guest of such hotel or boarding-house.",
20. The principal Ordinance is amended in section 120A-
(a) by inserting after the definition of "business premises” the
following-
""Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Rating and
Valuation:
"current rent” means the rent, exclusive of rates, payable by a topant at the date of an application under sec- tion 124B(1);"; and
(6) by inserting after the definition of "domestic premises" The
following-
"fair market rent in relation to any premises means the rent, exclusive of rates, at which they might reasonably
be expected to be let, at the date of an application under section 124B(1), on the terms of the tenancy other than those relating to rent and duration of the Lenancy but disregarding the effect of sections 124A to 1240.
"landlord" includes any person, other than the Crown, who is from Lime to time entitled to receive rent in respect of any premises and, in relation to a particular tenant, means a persou calitled to receive rent from such a tenant;
"notice of termination" mcans a notice served ander
section 122(1):
"premises" means the subject matter of any tenancy; "principal tenaar" means a tenant of premises other than a Crown lessee, who has or shall sublet any part or parts thereof as a separate holding or holdings.".
21. Section 122 of the principal Ordinuoce is amended—
(a) în subsection (1)–
(b) by deleting the second sentence thereof and substituting the following-
"No such notice shall be valid unless
(a) in the case of a tenancy of business premises. the nolice is served not less than 6 months on the part of the landlord, or 1 month on the part of the tenant, before the date on which it is to take effect; (8) in the case of a tenancy of domestic premises, the molice is served not less than 12 months on the part of the landlord, or 1 month on the part of the tenant, before the date on which it is to take effect.";
(i) by inserting in the third sentence thereof, after "may be served", the following—
"12 months,";
(&) în subsection (2)—–—–
() by deleting ", or" and substituting the following-
"or, subject la scelions 134A to 1240,”;
(ii) by deleting “É months" and substituling the following-
"12 months or 6 months, as the case may be.";
(c) in subsection (3) by inserting, after auch notice of termination
shall", the following-
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subject to sections 124A to 1240":
(d) by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following-
"(4) When but for subsection (1) a tenancy would have terminated, the tenancy shall continue
(a) at the same rent until a notice of termination expires
or but for an order under section 1249(2) would have expired; and
Arendsent c Needom 12.