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RENTS.

No. 14 of 1922.

2681

to be demanded for

16.—(1) No person shall, as a condition or pretended condition of the grant, renewal, or continuance, by himself or by any other person of a tenancy of any domestic tenement, demand payment of any sum of money whatsoever, in addition to the rent.

(2) Every person demanding any payment in contravention of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and the magistrate by whom such person is convicted may order the amount paid to be repaid to the person by whom the same was paid.

(3) This section shall not apply to any fine, premium, or other like sum, which any person, before the 19th day of July, 1921, shall have agreed in writing to pay.

17. Where any sum shall, before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, have been paid on account of any rent, being a sum which is by virtue of this Ordinance or by virtue of the Rents Ordinances, 1921, irrecoverable by the lessor, the sum so paid shall be recoverable from the lessor who received the payment or his legal personal representative by the lessee by whom it was paid, and any such sum may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be deducted by the lessee from any rent payable by him to the lessor.

18.—(1) Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect the power of transferring actions from the summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court conferred by section 28 of the Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance, 1873.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), if any action, to which any of the provisions of this Ordinance would have applied if such action had not been transferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, is transferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply, in the further proceedings in such action, as if there were substituted for the term "court" in this Ordinance the term "Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction" except (i) in paragraph (a) of section 2, and (ii) where the word "court" forms part of a phrase.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

Supreme Court Ordinance No. 4 of 1873.

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RENTS. No. 14 of 1922. 2681 to be demanded for 16.—(1) No person shall, as a condition or pretended condition of the grant, renewal, or continuance, by himself or by any other person of a tenancy of any domestic tenement, demand payment of any sum of money whatsoever, in addition to the rent. (2) Every person demanding any payment in contravention of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and the magistrate by whom such person is convicted may order the amount paid to be repaid to the person by whom the same was paid. (3) This section shall not apply to any fine, premium, or other like sum, which any person, before the 19th day of July, 1921, shall have agreed in writing to pay. 17. Where any sum shall, before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, have been paid on account of any rent, being a sum which is by virtue of this Ordinance or by virtue of the Rents Ordinances, 1921, irrecoverable by the lessor, the sum so paid shall be recoverable from the lessor who received the payment or his legal personal representative by the lessee by whom it was paid, and any such sum may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be deducted by the lessee from any rent payable by him to the lessor. 18.—(1) Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect the power of transferring actions from the summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court conferred by section 28 of the Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance, 1873. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), if any action, to which any of the provisions of this Ordinance would have applied if such action had not been transferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, is transferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply, in the further proceedings in such action, as if there were substituted for the term "court" in this Ordinance the term "Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction" except (i) in paragraph (a) of section 2, and (ii) where the word "court" forms part of a phrase. * As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. Supreme Court Ordinance No. 4 of 1873. Page 10 Page 11
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RENTS. No. 14 of 1922. 2681 to be demanded for 16.—(1) No person shall, as a condition or pretended Money not condition of the grant, renewal, or continuance, by himself or by any other person of a tenancy of any domestic tenement, the grant, demand payment of any sum of money whatsoever, in addition continuance to the rent. renewal or of tenancies. 10 & 11 Geo. * (2) Every person demanding any payment in contravention 5, c. 17, s. 8. of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and the magistrate by whom such person is convicted may order the amount paid to be repaid to the person by whom the same was paid. (3) This section shall not apply to any fine, premium, or other like sum, which any person, before the 19th day of July, 1921, shall have agreed in writing to pay. lessee. 17. Where any sum shall, before or after the commence- Recovery of ment of this Ordinance, have been paid on account of any rent by rent, being a sum which is by virtue of this Ordinance or 10&11 Geo.5, by virtue of the Rents Ordinances, 1921, irrecoverable by c. 17, s. 14 (1). the lessor, the sum so paid shall be recoverable from the lessor who received the payment or his legal personal representative by the lessee by whom it was paid, and any such sum may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be deducted by the lessee from any rent payable by him to the lessor. the original 18.-(1) Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be Transfer of deemed to affect the power of transferring actions from the actions to summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the original jurisdiction jurisdiction of the Supreme Court conferred by section 28 of the of the Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance, Court. 1873. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), if any action, to which any of the provisions of this Ordinance would have applied if such action had not been transferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, is trans- ferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply, in the further proceedings in such action, as if there were substituted for the term court " in this Ordinance the term "Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction except (i) in paragraph (a) of section 2, and (ii) where the word "court" forms * As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. "" Supreme Ordinance No. 4 of 1873. Page 10Page 11
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RENTS.

No. 14 of 1922.

2681

to be demanded for

16.—(1) No person shall, as a condition or pretended Money not condition of the grant, renewal, or continuance, by himself or by any other person of a tenancy of any domestic tenement, the grant, demand payment of any sum of money whatsoever, in addition continuance to the rent.

renewal or

of tenancies. 10 & 11 Geo.

*

(2) Every person demanding any payment in contravention 5, c. 17, s. 8. of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and the magistrate by whom such person is convicted may order the amount paid to be repaid to the person by whom the same was paid.

(3) This section shall not apply to any fine, premium, or other like sum, which any person, before the 19th day of July, 1921, shall have agreed in writing to pay.

lessee.

17. Where any sum shall, before or after the commence- Recovery of ment of this Ordinance, have been paid on account of any rent by rent, being a sum which is by virtue of this Ordinance or 10&11 Geo.5, by virtue of the Rents Ordinances, 1921, irrecoverable by c. 17, s. 14 (1). the lessor, the sum so paid shall be recoverable from the lessor who received the payment or his legal personal representative by the lessee by whom it was paid, and any such sum may, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, be deducted by the lessee from any rent payable by him to the lessor.

the original

18.-(1) Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be Transfer of deemed to affect the power of transferring actions from the actions to summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the original jurisdiction jurisdiction of the Supreme Court conferred by section 28 of the of the Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance, Court. 1873.

(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), if any action, to which any of the provisions of this Ordinance would have applied if such action had not been transferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, is trans- ferred to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply, in the further proceedings in such action, as if there were substituted for the term court " in this Ordinance the term "Supreme Court in its original jurisdiction except (i) in paragraph (a) of section 2, and (ii) where the word "court" forms * As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

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