Landlord and Tenant Act, 1931

PART IV.

General Provisions in Relation to Relief Under Foregoing Parts of this Act.

Notice of intention to claim relief.

24.—(1) No claim for relief under this Act shall be maintained unless the claimant shall, within the time hereinafter mentioned, have served on the person against whom such claim is intended to be made notice (in this Act referred to as notice of intention to claim relief) in the prescribed form of his intention to make such claim.

(2) Every notice of intention to claim relief shall be served within whichever of the following times is applicable, that is to say:—

(a) in the case of a tenancy terminated by notice to quit, after but not more than one month after the service of such notice to quit, or

(b) in the case of a tenancy terminating by the expiration of a term of years or other certain period or by any other certain event, not less than three months before the termination of the tenancy, or

(c) in the case of a tenancy terminated by the fall of a life or any other uncertain event, within one month after the happening of such event coming to the knowledge of the claimant, or

(d) where the tenancy is deemed by this Act to terminate immediately after the passing of this Act, within six months after the passing of this Act.

(3) Every notice of intention to claim relief shall state the nature of the relief claimed and, where such relief is a new tenancy, such notice may include a claim in the alternative for compensation under this Act.