Amendment
of section
10.
Amendment
of section 11.
Reneal and replace- ment of section 12,
9.
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(iii) the amount by which the price or consideration for such purchase or hire as is mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) exceeds a reasonable price or consideration therefor; and
(b) if the defendent is a principal tenant to order his
ejectment.""
Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion from the seventh line of subsection (1) of the word "two" and the substitution therefor of the following-
*Cour".
10. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is amended
(a) by the deletion from the fourth line of subsection (4) of the word "one" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"two":
(b) by the deletion from the second and third lines of sub- section (5) of the words "whether the defendant is convicted or not, and";
(c) by the addition of the following new subsection-
**(7) It shall be the duty of the immediate landlord of the principal tenant to ensure that the provisions of subsection (1) are complied with, and an immediato landlord who fails without reasonable excuse (the burden of proving which shall be upon him) to ensure that the said provisions are complied with shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars."
11, Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following section--
tion of principal tenancy.
Termina- 12. (c) The immediate landlord of a principal tenant may by service of notice to quit in the prescribed form and in manner specified in section 32 terminate the tenancy of such tenant in accordance with the provisions of, and to the extent provided in, this section.
Second schedule. form 4.
(2) The length of notice given by the notice to quit aforesaid shall be either that required by the contract between the landlord and the principal tenant or in default of any term in the contract specifying the length of notice, one calendar month from the date of service thereof.
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(3) Upon the expiration of such notice to quit- (a) each sub-tenant shall be deemed to be the tegant of the immediate landlord and to hold the premises upon the same terms and condi- tions as he held them from the principal tenant;
(b) each sub-tenant affected thereby shall be liable to pay to the immediate landlord on demand the permitted rent of the premises let to him under contract with the principal tenant;
(c) the immediate landlord shall undertake towards each sub-tenant all those obligations under- taken by the principal tenant previous to service of notice under subsection (1),
(4) At any time within fourteen days after the service of the notice to quit, the principal tenant may elect by notice in writing to the landlord to deliver up the whole of the premises subject to the tenancy or lú retain any portion thereof retained, immediately before the service of the notice to quit, for his own occupation.
(5) Where the principal tenant retains for his own occupation any part of the premises the subject of his tenancy from the immediate landlord, he shall be deemed to be the tenant of the immediate landlord in respect of the retained part and to hold the same upon a monthly tenancy. The rent of the retained part shall be the aggregate of the following sums-
() such proportion of the standard rent of the whole of the premises previously held by him as principal tenant as is fairly attributable to the retained part; and
(6) a sum equal to thirty per cent of that propor-
tionate part of the standard rent; and
(c) any increase of that proportionate part of the standard rent authorized under this or any other ordinance :
Provided that in the event of any dispute between the immediate landlord and the principal tenant as to the amount of the rent payable by such principal tenant, such dispute may be referred to and decided by a tenancy tribunal,
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