RENTS ORDINANCE, 1922

RENTS ORDINANCE, 1922

No. 14 of 1922.

an ordinance to extend temproarily the provisions of the
rents ordinance, 1921, with certain amendments.

[16th June, 19222.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rents Ordinance,
1922.

2. In this Ordinance,
(a) Court means the Supreme Court in. its suminary
jurisdiction.
(b) Domestic tenement includes every bed space,
cubicle, room, portion of a floor, floor, or builaing, 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 tInder 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 bona^ 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.
(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.





(d) Lessee includes a sub-lessee but does not include
the crown lessee.

(e) Lessor includes every person who lets any domestic
tenement to any other person.

(f) The Rents Ordinances, 192l, means the Rents
Ordinance, 1921, the Rents Amendment Ordinance, 1921,
and the Rents Second Amendment Ordinance, 1921.

(g) Standard rent with respect to any domestic tene-
ment means-

(i) if the domestic tenement was actually let on the 31st
day of December, 1920, the rate of rent which was recover-
able from the tenant in actual occupation on the 31st day
of December, 1920; and

(ii) if the domestic tenement was not actually let on the
31st day of December, 1920, but had been let on some pre-
vious date, the rate of rent which was recoverable from the
tenant in actual occupation on the last occasion before the
31st day of December, 1920, on which the domestic tenement
was actually let; and

(iii) if the domestic tenement was not let until after the
31st day of December, 1920, or shall be first let after the
commencement of this Ordinance, the rate of rent at which
the domestic tenement was or shall be first let to a tenant in
actual occupation.

(h) Tenant in actual occupation ineans a lessee of any
domestic tenement who occupies such domestic tenement
himself, or by his family or servants: Provided that-

(i) a lessee of any domestic tenement who ocenpies a
portion of such domestic tenement himself, or by his family
or servants, and who sub-lets other portions of such domestic
tenement, shall be deemed to be the tenant in actual occupa-
tion of such domestic tenement as regards his immediate
lessor, or any person from. or through whom his immediate
lessor derived title;
(ii) a sub-lessee from any such lessee as is referred to in
proviso (i) of any domestic tenement which such sub-lessee
occupies himself, or by his family or servants, shall be
deemed to be the tenant in actnal occupation of such
domestic tenement.





3.-(1) Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary,
whether rnade before or after the commencement of this
Ordinance, and whether oral or in writing, no rent shall be
recoverable in respect of any domestic tenement, from the
tenant in actual occupation, in excess of the standard rent
of such domestic tenement.
(2) This section shall apply to any rent which became
due after the 18th day of July, 1921, and before the com-
mencement of this Ordinance, and to any rent which shall
become due during the continuance of this Ordinance, what-
ever the period may be in respect of which such rent became
or shall become due.

4.---(1) Notwithstanding any notice to quit, whether
given before or after the commencement of this Ordinance,
and notwithstanding the terms of any agreement whatsoever,
whether made before or after the commencement of this
Ordinance, and whether oral or in writing, an order or judg-
ment against any tenant in actual occupation for the recovery
of possession of any domestic tenement, or for the ejectment
of a tenant therefrom, shall be made or given only if-

(a) the tenant has or shall have failed to pay duly the
standard rent recoverable in respect of his domestic, tene-
inent; or
(b) the tenant has or shall have failed to perform sorne
obligation of his tenancy; or
(c) the tenant or any person residing with him has or
shall have been guilty of conduct which is a nuisanee
or annoyance to adjoining occupiers, or has or shall have
been convicted of using the doniestic tenetnent or allowing
the domestic. tenement to be itsed for an immoral or illegal
purpose, or the condition of the domenie tenement has or
shall have,. in the opinion of the court, deteriorated owing to
acts of waste by or the neglect or dedwilt of the lenant or
any such person ; or

(d) the ten-ant has or shall have given notice in writing to
quit, or has or, shall have agreed in writing to quit, and in
consequence of that notice or agreement the lessor has or
shall have contracted to sell or let the domestic tenement
or has or shall have taken any other steps as a result of

* As amended by No. 8 of 1923.





which he would, in the opinion of the court, be seriously
prejudiced if he could not obtain possession; or

(c) the domestic tenement is reasonably required by the
lessor for occupation as a residence for himself or for his
family, or for any person bona^ fide residing or to reside with
him, or for some person in his whole time employment or in
the whole time employment of some tenant from him, and the
court is satisfied that alternative accommodation, reasonably
equivalent as regards rent and suitability in all respects, is
available; or

(f) the lessor bona^ fide requires possession of the domestic
tenement in order to reconstruct such domestic tenement to
such an extent as to inake such domestic tenement a new
building within the meaning of the Public Health and
Buildings Ordinance, 1903, and shall have given the lessee
three months notice to quit, stating in writing the exact
nature of the reconstruction intended, and shall, prior to the
giving, of any such notice, have obtained a certificate from

the Building Authority (a copy of which certificate shall be
attached to stich notice) to the effect that such intended
reconstruction would have the effect of making such domestic
tenement a new building within the meaning of the Public
Health and Buildings Ordiualice, 1903 : Provided that if
the lessor fails to begin the work of reconstruction within
one month after the lessee shall have given up to the lessor
possession of the domestic tenement, or shall fall to carry
ont the said work with reasonable expedition, the lessor
shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed for the
purpose of section 20 to have, in giving such notice, done
an act mala fide with intent to induce the lessee to give up
possession.

(2) If but for this Ordinance, or but for the Rents Ordi-
nances, 1921, any tenancy would have expired by- effluxion
of time, or by reason of a notice to quit, or for any other
reason, so that the tenancy is preserved only by reason of
this Ordinance, or by reason of the Rents Ordinances, 1921,
and this Ordinance, the terms of the tenancy so preserved,
except as they may be modified by this Ordinance, and except
as to the agreed period of tenancy, shall be as far as possible
the same as the terms of the tenancy as it existed immediately
before the time at which, but for this Ordinance, or but for
the Rents Ordinances, 1921, the tenancy would have expired.





(3) At the time of the application for or the making or
giving of any order or judgment for the recovery of posses-
sion of any domestic tenement, or for the ejectment of a
tenant therefrom, or in the case of any such order or judg-
ment which has been made or given, whether before or after
the passing of this Ordinance, and not executed, at any
subsequent time, the court may adjourn the application, or
stay or suspend execution on any such order or judgment,
or postpone the date of possession, for such period or periods
as. it thinks fit, and subject to such conditions (if any) in
regard to payment by the tenant of arrears of rent, rent, or
mesne profits and otherwise as the court thinks fit, and, if
such conditions are complied with, the court may, if.it thinks
fit, discharge or rescind any such order or judgment.

(4) Where any order or judgment has been made or given
before the passing of this Ordinance, but not executed, and,
in the opinion of the court, the order or judgment would not
have been made or given if this Ordinance had been in force
at the time when such order or judgment was made or given,
the court may, on application by the tenant, rescind or vary
such order or judgment in such manner as the court may
think fit.

(5) Where a lessor has obtained an order or judgment for
possession or ejectment on the ground that lie requires a
domestic tenement for his own occupation, and it is subse-
quently made to appear to the court that the order was
obtained by misrepresentation or the concealment of material
facts, the court may order the lessor to pay to the former
tenant such sum as appears sufficient as compensation for
damage or loss sustained by that tenant as the result of the
order or judgment.

(6) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as alfect-
ing the operation of sections 205, 206, 207 or 207A of the
Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903.

5.-(1) Where the rights of any lessee of any building or
buildings, other than the Crown lessee and the tenant in
actual occupation, are affected by the operation of this Ordi-
nance, it shall be lawful for such lessee to apply to the court
for the revision of the rent payable under the lease, and upon
such application the court may makesuch order as it shall
think fit.





(2) It shall be lawful for the court to give such directions
as it shall think fit for the procedure to be followed on such
applications, and for the notice to be given to the other
parties to any such lease, or to their agents.
(3) Pending the decision of the court upon any such
application, the lessee -under any such lease shall be bound
to pay at the due date the rent reserved by such lease, as if
no such application had been made, but if the court shall
order the rent payable to be reduced, the lessee shall be
entitled to recover back from the lessor any anIount paid in
excess of the revised rate of rent in respect of any period
after the commencement of this Ordinance, or to deduct such
amount from any subsequent rent payable under such lease,
and such amount shall be ascertained by apportionment If
necessary.

(4) There shall be no appeal from any decision of the
court under this section except with the leave of the court
or of the Full Court of two judges, and if any appeal is
allowed under this sub-section it shall be to the Full Court
of two judges, whose decision shall befinal.

(5) Any application to the court for leave to appeal against
any decision by it under this section shall be made within
fourteen days after such decision shall have been given, and
any application to the Full Court for leave to appeal under
this section shall be by notice of motion which shall be filed
with the Registrar within fourteen days after the decision of
the court under this section has been given, or, as the case
may be, within fourteen days after the refusal of the court
to-allow an appeal under this section.

6.-(1) If in any civil proceeding any question arises as
to the recovery of possession of any domestic tenement, or
as to the ejectment of a tenant therefrom, or as to the
construction of this Ordinance, such question shall be decided
in the first instance by the court, and there shall be an
appeal as of right from any decision of the court under this
section to the Full Court of two judges, whose decision shall
be final.

(2) An appeal from any decision of the court under this
section shall be by notice of motion which shall be -filed with
the Registrar within fourteen days after such decision shall
have been given.





7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed so. as to
prevent a lessor of a domestic tenement from collecting from
his lessee the rates for the time being payable in respect of
such domestic tenement, or such apportioned sum as shall
properly be attributable to such domestic tenement in respect
of rates, provided that the obligation of paying the rates in
respect of such domestic tenement has not been assumed
by the lessor tinder terms of the tenancy.

8.-(1) In any matter arising under or in consequence of
this Ordinance, any returns made -under the Rating Ordinance,
1901, relating to any domestic tenement, shall be admissible
as evidence of the rent of such doniestic tenement at the
time when such return was made, and any return under the
Rating Ordinance, 1901, which includes such domestic
tenement shall be deemed to relate to such domestic tenement
although such domestic tenement is not treated as a separate
unit in such return.

(2) In any matter arising under or in consequence- of this
Ordinance, any assessment whatsoever made under the
Rating Ordinance, 1901, which may appear to the court to
be relevant shall be admissible in evidence.

(3) Any such return or assessment as is referred to in
sub-sections (1) and (2) may be proved by a certificate under
the hand of the Assessor or Assistant Assessor.

(4) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this
Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the court to order the
production of any books of account or documents whatsoever
if it shall appear to the court that such books of account or
documents may be relevant for the purpose of determining
such matter.

9.-(1) This Ordinance shall not apply to the New
Territories, except New Kowloon.

(2) This Ordinance shall not apply to any entirely new
building in the case of which the certificate referred to in
section 204 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance,
1903, shall not have been issued before the 19th day of July,
1921.





10. This Ordinance shall continue in force until, and
including, the 30th day of June, 1924: 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.

11.-(1) Immediately after this Ordinance shall cease to
be in force, any tenant who shall have been in occupation at
the time when this Oxdinance ceases to be in force, shall be
deemed to be holding over lawfully on the tenancy terms on

which he shall have been holding immediately before this
Ordinance ceases to be in force, -and at the standard rent,
unless the lessor 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 lessor any rent or other sum which during
the continuance thereof ivas irrecoverable, or affect the right
of a lessee to recover any sum which ditring the continuance
thereof was under this Ordinance recoverable by him.

12.-(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Rat-
ing Ordinance, 1901, it shall be lawful for the Assessor, in
his absolute discretion, on the application of the owner or
occupier of any tenement, to reduce the valuation of such
tenement in any case in which the rent actually paid in
respect of such tenement shall have been temporarily reduced
in consequence of the operation of this Ordinance.

(2) Such reduced valuation shall apply to the quarter in
which the reduction is made, and, subject to the provisions
of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, with regard to interim valua-
tions, shall continue to be in force while this Ordinance is
in force and until the coining into effect of the first annual
valuation made after this Ordinance shall have ceased to be
in force.
(3) If the valuation of any tenement is reduced under the
provisions of this section, and if the rates in respect of such
tenement for the quarter in which the reduction is made

As amended by No. 8 of 1923. The duration of this Ordinance has been
extended untit and including the 30th June, 1925. See G. N, no. 30,3 of 1924,
As amended by No. 8 of 1923.





shall have been paid to the Treasurer before the making of
such reduction, the Treasurer shall refund the sum by which
the amount of the rates payable under the former valuation
exceeds the amount of the rates payable under the reduced
valuation.

13. If the rent recoverable from the tenant in actual
occupation of any domestic tenement on the 31st day of
December, 1920, either (a) was a rent which had been agreed
upon in writing at some date before the 1st day of January,
1918, or (b) was not higher than the rent recoverable froin
the tenant in actual occupation on the 1st day of January
1918, it shall be lawful for the lessor of such tenement to,
apply to the court to fix such other rent than the standard
rent as the court shall think fit as the rent to be paid in
respect of such tenement during the, continuance of this
Ordinance: Provided that nothing in this section shall affect
any rent which became dne before the commencement of
this Ordinance, and provided that nothing in this section
shall entitle any lessor, during the currency of any written
lease of any domestic tenement for a definite and unexpired
term, to any rent higher than the rent reserved in such lease.

14. In case a lessor of any domestic tenement has expended
or shall expend after the 31st day of December,. 1920, the
sum of five hundred dollars or upwards on additions or
improvements thereto by which in the opinion of the court
the rateable value thereof shall have been or shall be
increased, the court may on application by the lessor for
such purpose order that the rent of such tenement shall be
increased beyond the standard rent by an annual sum equal
to eight per cent. on the arnount so expended by the lessor
on such additions, or improvements: Provided that nothing
in this section shall aflect any rent which became due before
the commencement of this Ordinance.

15. Where the interest of the lessee of a domestic tenement
is determined, either as the result of an order or judgment
for possession or ejectment, or for any other reason, any
sub-lessee to whom the domestic tenement or any part thereof
shall have. been lawfully sub-let, shall, subject to the provisions
of this Ordinance, be deemed to become the tenant of the
lessor on the same terms as he would have held from the
lessee if the tenancy had continued.





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 pay, ment of any sum of money whatsoever, in addition
to the rent.

(2) every person demanding any payment in contravention
of this section shall upon suminary 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 whorn the same was paid.

(03) 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 commence-
ment of this Ordinance, have been paid on account of any
rent, being a surn 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 Oridinance 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 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.





part of the term Full Court , or of the term Supreme
Court .

(3) The special provisions of this Ordinance relating
to appeals shall not apply to any action which is transferred
from the summary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to the
original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

(4) This section shall apply to actions instituted before
the commencement of this Ordinance as well as to actions
instituted after such commencement.

19.-(1) Every person who, without lawful excuse,
applies for a warrant of distress for any amount of rent in
excess of the rent recoverable in accordance with the
provisions of this Ordinance, and every person who, without
lawful excuse, under threat of applying for or executing
a warrant of distress, demands any amount of rent in excess
of the rent recoverable in accordance with the provisions
of this Ordinance, shall upon summary conviction be liable
to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

(21) Upon the hearing of any summons issued under the
provisions of this section, it shall be lawful for a magistrate,
whether the 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 tenant-

(a) any sum recovered or obtained from the tenant, by
means of the distress or threatened distress, in excess of the
rent recoverable in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance;

(b) any costs recovered or obtained from the tenant by
means of the distress or threatened distress ; and

(c) damages, not-exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

20. Every person who shall mala fide do any act what-
soever with intent to induce the lessee of any domestic
tenement to give up possession of such domestic tenement
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, and shall also be liable in
damages to the lessee for any loss which the lessee may
sustain by reason of such act.





21. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordi-
nance, any bond fide notice to quit duly given by a lessor to
a lessee in reliance on the provisions of section 4 (1) (f), or
in reliance on such provisions and on the provisions of
section 22, and given in accordance with the provisions of
the said paragraph, shall operate *so as to bind all sub-lessees
deriving title directly or indirectly from the lessee to whom
such notice shall have been given, and any order or judg-
ment against any such lessee, made or given in consequence
of any sitch notice, for the recovery of possession of any
domestic tenement, and any such order or judgment against
any such lessee for the ejectment of the said lessee there-
from, shall operate so as to bind all sub-lessees deriving title
directly or indirectly from the lessee to whom such notice
shall have been given: Provided that the court shall have.
discretion to suspend temporarily the execution of any such
order or judgment against any particular sub-lessee.

22. If the owner of any domestic tenement agrees to sell
such domestic tenement to a purchaser who bond fide intends
forthwith to pull down such domestic tenement or to recon-
struct such domestic tenement to such an extent as to make
such domestic tenement a new building within the meaning
of the Public Health and buildings Ordinance, 1903, and if
such owner agrees with such purchaser to give the necessary
notices to quit, any notice to quit, given by such owner in
pursuance of such agreement shall enure for the benefit of
such purchaser as if such purchaser had been the owner at
the time when such notice to quit was given and had given
such notice to quit: Provided that nothing in this section
shall relieve such owner from the obligation to state in
writing at the time of giving such notice to quit whether
SUCh purchaser intends to pull down such domestic tene-
ment or to reconstruct such domestic tenement, and in the
latter case to state the exact nature of the reconstruction
intended, and provided also that notwithstanding anything
in this section the lessee shall have, in addition to any
remedies which he may have against such owner, such
remedies against such purchaser as he would have had if
such notice to quit had been given by such purchaser.

23. If the lessee of any domestic tenement is adjudged
bankrupt, neither the said lessee nor his trustee in bank-
ruptcy shall be entitled to claim any right or benefit under

As amended by No. 8 of 1923.





section 4 in respect of the said domestic tenement by virtue
of the tenancy, whether contractual or statutory, under
which the said lessee held immediately before the making
of the, adjudication order.

24. It shall be lawful, for the Governor in Council to
order that the provisions of this Ordinance, or any specified
provision of this Ordinance, shall not apply in the case of
any particular domestic tenement, if he thinks that the
circumstances are sufficiently exceptional, and from the
publication of such order in the Gazette the said provisions
shall not apply to the said domestic tenement so long as
such order remains unrevoked.

25. Every notice given before the commencement of this
Ordinance which would have been valid under the provisions
of the Rents Ordinances, 1921, and which would have been
valid under the provisions of this Ordinance if given after
the commencement of this Ordinance, shall be valid and
effectual for all the purposes of this Ordinance.

26. Notwithstanding anything contained in section 11 of
the Rents Ordinance, 1921, and notwithstanding anythille,
else contained in the Rents Ordinances, 1921, the repeal of
the Plents Ordinances, 1921, shall not have the effect of deter-
mining any tenancy, -and shall not operate so as to enable
any lessor to recover possession of any domestic tenement,
except upon the conditions provided in this Ordinance.
[s. 27, rep Law Revision Ordinance, 1924.]
28. If any lessor of any domestic tenement gives to a
lessee any notice to quit which. purports or appears to be
given under paragraph (f) of section 4 (1), but which falls in
any respect to comply with the provisions of that paragraph,
be shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars, unless he proves that the
fallure to comply with the provisions of the said paragraph
was due to a band yide mistake and that he was acting
bond fide throughout.

29. Every lessor who demands or receives more than the
standard rent for any domestic tenement shall, unless he
proves to the satisfaction of the magistrate that he acted
bona^ fide, be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding one thousand dollars.

s. 27 repealed the Rents Ordinances, 1921.
As amended by No. 8 of 1923.
[Originally No. 14 of 1922. No. 8 of 1923. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. [s. 2 contd.] Ordinance Nos. 13, 25 and 30 of 1921. No rent in excess of the standard rent to be recoverable. Restrictions on the right to possession. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 5. [s. 4 contd.] Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Revision of the rent payable under intermediate leases. Determination of the construction of the Ordinance. Collection of rates not to be affected. Evidence. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Application of Ordinance. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Duration of Ordinance. Effect of the termination of the Ordinance. Assessor to have power to reduce valuations in certain cases. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Court may revise the rent in certain cases. Court may increase rent in case of certain rateable improvements. Sub-lessees to become tenants of the lessor in certain cases. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 15(3). Money not to be demanded for the grant, renewal or continuance of tenancies. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 8. Recovery of rent by lessee. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 14(1). Transfer of actions to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Ordinance No. 4 of 1873. Distress for rent made irrecoverable by this Ordinance, and demand made under threat of such distress. Prohibition of acts done mala fide with intent to induce a lessee to quit. Notice to quit to bind sub-lessees in certain cases. Notice to quit given by vendor to enure for benefit of purchaser in certain cases. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Bankruptcy of lessee. Power to exclude operation of Ordinance. Notice given before the commencement of this Ordinance. Repeal of Rents Ordinances, 1921, not to affect existing tenancies. Lessor who gives an invalid reconstruction notice to be liable to a penalty unless he can prove bona fides. Penalty for demanding or receiving more than the standard rent.

[Originally No. 14 of 1922. No. 8 of 1923. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Interpretation. [s. 2 contd.] Ordinance Nos. 13, 25 and 30 of 1921. No rent in excess of the standard rent to be recoverable. Restrictions on the right to possession. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 5. [s. 4 contd.] Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Revision of the rent payable under intermediate leases. Determination of the construction of the Ordinance. Collection of rates not to be affected. Evidence. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Application of Ordinance. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Duration of Ordinance. Effect of the termination of the Ordinance. Assessor to have power to reduce valuations in certain cases. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Court may revise the rent in certain cases. Court may increase rent in case of certain rateable improvements. Sub-lessees to become tenants of the lessor in certain cases. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 15(3). Money not to be demanded for the grant, renewal or continuance of tenancies. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 8. Recovery of rent by lessee. 10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 14(1). Transfer of actions to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Ordinance No. 4 of 1873. Distress for rent made irrecoverable by this Ordinance, and demand made under threat of such distress. Prohibition of acts done mala fide with intent to induce a lessee to quit. Notice to quit to bind sub-lessees in certain cases. Notice to quit given by vendor to enure for benefit of purchaser in certain cases. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903. Bankruptcy of lessee. Power to exclude operation of Ordinance. Notice given before the commencement of this Ordinance. Repeal of Rents Ordinances, 1921, not to affect existing tenancies. Lessor who gives an invalid reconstruction notice to be liable to a penalty unless he can prove bona fides. Penalty for demanding or receiving more than the standard rent.

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