Ordinance
No. 18 of 1935.
Restrictions on issue of distress warrants.
Money
not to he demanded
or renewal, etc., of tenancies.
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(4) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as affecting the operation of sections 117, 118, 119 and 120 of the Buildings Ordinance, 1935.
8. Before the issue of any warrant under the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1883, in connexion with any premises to which this Ordinance applies, the Judge or Registrar, as the case may be, may require proof to his satisfaction that the tenant is unwilling to pay the rent demanded or that such rent is in arrears.
9.-(1) It shall be unlawful for anyone, as a condition of the grant, renewal, continuance, surrender or giving up for the grant of a tenancy of any premises to which this Ordinance applies, to require, make, or receive the payment of any fine, premium or other like sum or the giving of any pecuniary consideration in addition to the rent, or the purchase of any chattel or thing; and where such payment is made in respect of any such premises after the first day of July, 1941, then the amount shall be recoverable by the person by whom it was made or given.
Conditions
tenancy.
(2) Every person demanding any payment in contraven- tion of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and the magis- trate by whom such person is convicted may order the amount to be repaid to the person by whom such sum was paid.
10. A tenant who by virtue of the provisions of this of statutory Ordinance retains possession of any premises to which this Ordinance applies shall, so long as he retains possession, observe and be entitled to the benefit of all the terms and conditions of the original contract of tenancy, so far as the same are consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Saving as to premises requisition- ed under Defence Regulations.
Method of service on sub-tenants.
Rules as to procedure.
Duration of the Ordinance.
Notwithstanding anything in the contract of tenancy, a landlord who obtains an order for the recovery of possession of the premises or for the ejectment of a tenant retaining possession as aforesaid shall not be required to give any notice to quit to the tenant.
11. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as affecting the requisition of any premises under sections 52 and 55 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, or under other similar legislation.
12. Any notice referred to in this Ordinance or in any rules thereunder or any demand for payment of rent or any notice to quit the premises or any writ for the recovery of possession of the premises or for ejectment of the tenant therefrom shall, if served upon an adult person at the premises or posted for three consecutive days at the main door or entrance thereof, be deemed to have been served upon all the sub-tenants of the premises or any part thereof.
13. The Chief Justice may make such rules and give such directions as he thinks fit for the purpose of giving full effect to the provisions of this Ordinance relative to legal proceedings.
14. This Ordinance shall continue in force until the first day of September, 1942, and during any further period or periods of twelve months for which it may be continued by resolution of Legislative Council.
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