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Section 7: Seetion 12 of the principal Ordinance is hercby amended Amendmentas follows

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(a) by the deletion of the word or " at the cnd of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) thereof and the addition thereto of the following proviso Rent books to be provided by land lords. Provided that whencver a landlord h£s obtained an order or judgment for possession of any dwelling house or shop the rental value of whiclh has been determined on any of the grounds specificd hercin and the order or judgment is exccutcd or the tenant voluntarily gives up histenancy in conscquence of that order or judgment, the landlord shall be guilty of an offence, if, without first obtaining the permission of the Committee, he lets the dwelling house or shop at any time; or if having obtained such permission, he fails to comply with any terms or conditions which the Committee may have attached to that permission: and in either such case the landlord shall on summary conviction be liable, for a tirst offence, to afine not exceeding fifty pounds and in default to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, and, for a second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to imprison ment for a period not exceeding twelve months, and it shall be left open to the tenant to re-occupy the said dwelling house or shop; or (b) by the addition immediately after paragraph (e) of subsection (1) thereof of the following paragraph-.. (f) the landlord serves on the tenant notice in writing that he is willing to grant to the tenant at such rent and on such terms as a Committee may consider reasonable a tenancy of other dwelling house and in the case of a shop such other shop as in the opinion of the Committee would reasonably preserve to the tenant the goodwill of his business." of section 12 A201 1953.NO 19 O

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