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Landlord and Tenant.
[s. 33 cont.] defendant is convicted or not and in addition to imposing a fine if the defendant is convicted, to order the defendant to pay to the lessee such sum as may appear to the magistrate to be sufficient to compensate the lessee for any costs, damages, loss or inconvenience sustained by him by reason of such act.
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Duration of Ordinance.
34. This Ordinance shall continue in force until and G.N.A.272/50. including the 31st day of December, 1951: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Legislative Council from time to time by resolution to extend the duration of this Ordinance for such term, not exceeding one year at any one time, as may be specified in such resolution.
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Effect of the termination of the Ordinance.
Collection of rates not to be effected.
35. (1) Immediately after this Ordinance shall cease to be in force, any tenant who shall have been in occupation at the time when this Ordinance ceases to be in force shall be deemed to be holding at the rent payable immediately before this Ordinance ceases to be in force unless the landlord shall have given such tenant such notice to quit, terminating with the termination of this Ordinance, as would have been, as regards length of notice a due notice to quit under the terms of the tenancy if this Ordinance had not been passed.
(2) The expiration of this Ordinance shall not render recoverable by a landlord any rent or other sum which during the continuance thereof was irrecoverable, or affect the right of a tenant to recover any sum which during the continuance thereof was under this Ordinance recoverable by him.
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36. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed so as to prevent a landlord from collecting from his tenant the rates for the time being payable in respect of any premises or such apportioned sum as shall properly be attributable to such premises in respect of rates, provided that the obligation of paying the rates in respect of such premises was assumed by the tenant under the terms of the tenancy.
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CAP. 255]
Landlord and Tenant.
[s. 33 cont.] defendant is convicted or not and in addition to imposing a fine if the defendant is convicted, to order the defendant to pay to the lessee such sum as may appear to the magistrate to be sufficient to compensate the lessee for any costs, damages, loss or inconvenience sustained by him by reason of such act.
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Duration of Ordinance.
34. This Ordinance shall continue in force until and G.N.A.272/50. including the 31st day of December, 1951: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Legislative Council from time to time by resolution to extend the duration of this Ordinance for such term, not exceeding one year at any one time, as may be specified in such resolution.
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Effect of the termina- tion of the Ordinance.
Collection of rates not to be effected.
35. (1) Immediately after this Ordinance shall cease. to be in force, any tenant who shall have been in occupation. at the time when this Ordinance ceases to be in force shall be deemed to be holding at the rent payable immediately before this Ordinance ceases to be in force unless the land- lord shall have given such tenant such notice to quit, terminating with the termination of this Ordinance, as would have been, as regards length of notice a due notice. to quit under the terms of the tenancy if this Ordinance had not been passed.
(2) The expiration of this Ordinance shall not render recoverable by a landlord any rent or other sum which during the continuance thereof was irrecoverable, or affect the right of a tenant to recover any sum which during the continuance thereof was under this Ordinance recoverable by him.
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36. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed so as to prevent a landlord from collecting from his tenant the rates for the time being payable in respect of any premises or such apportioned sum as shall properly be attributable to such premises in respect of rates, provided that the obliga- tion of paying the rates in respect of such premises was assumed by the tenant under the terms of the tenancy. [37
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