Section 32, An Act to amend the Crown Lands Ordinance, 1960

It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works to requirethe payment of any expenses, which the owner of any premises may be liable to pay under this Ordinance, from any person who then, or at any time thereafter, occupie such premises: and the owner shall allow every such occupier to deduct all sums of money, which he so pays or which are levied by distress, out of the rent from time to time becoming due in respect of the said premises, as if the same had been actually paid to such owner as part of such rent: Provided always that no such occupier shall be required to pay any further sum than the amount of rent for the time being due from him or which, after such demand of such expenses from such occupier, and after notice not to pay the owner any rent without first deducting the amount of such expenses, becomes payable by such occupier; unless he refuse, on application made to him for that purpose by, or on behalf of, the Director of Public Works, truly to disclose the amount of his rent and the name and address of the person to whom such rent is payable; but the burden of proof that the sum demanded from any such occupier is greater than the rent due by him at the time of such notice, or which has since accrued, shall lie upon such occupier. PART IV– ROOFING OF BUILDINGS