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Provision
of real receipts,
Obligation to notify subletting
of premises.
Adjustment of rents.
65. (1) A landlord shall give to bis tenant, and a principal tenant shall give to his sub-tenant, at the time that the tenant or sub-tenant pays his rent, a receipt for the amount of rent paid and the receipt shall contain...
(a) the name and address of the landlord or principal tenant or the agent thereof, as the case may be;
(b) the period in respect of which such rent
was paid; and
(c) the date of payment.
(2) A landlord or principal tenant who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.
66. (1) If the tenant of premises sublets the whole or any part thereof after the 14th day of December 1973, the tenant shall within fourteen days after the subletting supply the landlord with a state- ment in writing of the subletting showing-
(a) the name of the sub-tenant;
(6) the part of the premises occupied by the
sub-tenant;
(e) the rent payable by the sub-tenant; and
(d) the date of first occupation by the sub-
tenant.
(2) A tenant who is required to supply a state- ment in accordance with subsection (1) and who, without reasonable excuse—
() fails to supply a statement: or
(b) supplies a statement which is false in any
material particular,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of two thousand dollars.
67. Where an increase in rent under this Part would result in the new rent including a number of cents, the number of cents shall be disregarded and the new rent shall be the sum remaining after the number of cents has been disregarded.
Proceedings io, and jurisdiction of, District Court.
(C# 336)
Rent Tri-
General
68. (1) Neither the Commissioner nor any public officer employed in the Department of Rating and Valuation nor any member of a tribunal ap- pointed under section 59(2) shall be called to give evidence in proceedings before the court and no sub- poena shall be issued against the Commissioner or such public officer or member.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a subpoena ducer tecum may be issued against the Commissioner requiring him to produce in any proceedings an application under section 51(4), 57(1), 59(1), 62(3) or 63(1), and a subpoena issued under this subsection shall be deemed to be complied with by the production of any document specified in the subpoena by any public officer employed in the Department of Rating and Valuation.
(3) The Governor may appoint any person having experience of rents and land values in Hong Kong to be a member of a panel of assessors for the purpose of proceedings before the court and a public officer to be the secretary of such panel, and may fix the fees which shall be paid to such persons : Provided that nothing in this subsection shall authorize the payment of remuneration to any public officer.
(4) For the purpose of any proceedings, the court may call on the secretary of the panel ap- pointed under subsection (3) to nominate an assessor to assist the court in such proceedings.
(5) Nothing in this section shall prejudice sec- tion 38 of the District Court Ordinance.
(6) The court shall have the jurisdiction con- ferred on it by this Part notwithstanding anything in the District Court Ordinance.
(7) Any determination or order of the court under this Part shall be final and no appeal shall lie therefrom.
69% (1) For the purposes of this Part, the bunal Panel. Governor may appoint any person to be a member
of a panel known as the Rent Tribunal Panel.
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