Premiums on Leases Act |
(CHAPTER 238) |
(Original Enactment: Ordinance 4 of 1922)
REVISED EDITION 1985 |
(30th March 1987) |
An Act to control the taking of fines or premiums on grant of tenancies and to provide for the giving of rent receipts. |
[10th March 1922] |
Short title |
1. This Act may be cited as the Premiums on Leases Act. |
Premium prohibited except on conditions |
Penalty |
3. Any person who contravenes section 2 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction before a District Court to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or in default to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, and the Court may order the amount paid or the value of the consideration given to be repaid to the person by whom it was made or given, and the order for payment thereof may be enforced in the same manner as an order for the payment of a fine under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code. |
Receipt in English to be given |
4.—(1) Every landlord or his agent to whom a payment on account of rent is made shall immediately deliver to the person making the payment a receipt therefor in the English language signed by, or stamped with the signature of, the landlord or his agent.
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Penalty |
5.—(1) Any person who contravenes section 4(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction before a Magistrate’s Court to a fine not exceeding $100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
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