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No. 14 of 1922.
RENTS.
[Originally No. 14 of 1922.
No. 8 of 1923.
Law Rev. Ord., 1924.].
Short title.
Interpreta-tion.
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No. 14 of 1922.
An Ordinance to extend temporarily the provisions of the Rents Ordinance, 1921, with certain amendments.
[16th June, 1922.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rents Ordinance, 1922.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Court" means the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction.
(b) "Domestic tenement" includes every bed space, cubicle, room, portion of a floor, floor, or building, which is the subject of a separate letting, and which is used wholly or in part for human habitation, and every hotel and boarding-house, whether such hotel or boarding-house is held by the keeper thereof under one lease or under more than one lease, and whether such hotel or boarding-house is contained in one building or in more than one building: Provided that the following shall not be deemed to be domestic tenements within the meaning of this definition:-
(i) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by caretakers or watchmen not exceeding two in number;
(ii) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by office attendants or their families;
(iii) any particular portion of any 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;
(iv) any premises let bonâ fide as a furnished house or furnished flat or furnished hotel or furnished boarding-house.
(v) any building for the time being vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property, or any part of any such building.
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(c) "Lease" includes every agreement for the letting of any domestic tenement, whether oral or in writing.
* As amended by No. 8 of 1923 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
2672
No. 14 of 1922.
RENTS.
[Originally No. 14 of 1922.
No. 8 of 1923.
Law Rev.
Ord., 1924.].
Short title.
Interpreta-
tion.
**
No. 14 of 1922.
An Ordinance to extend temporarily the provisions of the Rents Ordinance, 1921, with certain amendments.
[16th June, 1922.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rents Ordinance, 1922.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Court" means the Supreme Court in its summary jurisdiction.
(b) "Domestic tenement" includes every bed space, cubicle, room, portion of a floor, floor, or building, which is the subject of a separate letting, and which is used wholly or in part for human habitation, and every hotel and board- ing-house, whether such hotel or boarding-house is held by the keeper thereof under one lease or under more than one lease, and whether such hotel or boarding-house is contained in one building or in more than one building: Provided that the following shall not be deemed to be domestic tenements within the meaning of this definition:-
(i) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by caretakers or watchmen not exceed- ing two in number;
(ii) any building or portion of a building which is used for habitation only by office attendants or their families;
(iii) any particular portion of any 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;
(iv) any premises let bonâ fide as a furnished house or furnished flat or furnished hotel or furnished boarding- house.
(v) any building for the time being vested in the Custodian of Enemy Property, or any part of any such. building.
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(c) Lease" includes every agreement for the letting of any domestic tenement, whether oral or in writing.
* As amended by No. 8 of 1923 and Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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