Housing Amendment Act, 1948

Prohibition of use of certain premises as multiple dwellingse.

11.—(1) After the coming into operation of this subsection, a person shall not permit premises to be used as a multiple dwelling (whether or not the premises are so used at such commencement or were previously so used) without the permission, in writing, of the housing authority in whose functional area the premises are situate and such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds (together with, in the case of a continuing offence, a fine not exceeding five pounds for every day on which the offence is continued) or, at the discretion of the court, imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both such fine and imprisonment.

(3) In this section the expression “multiple dwelling” means premises let in parts to form two or more dwellings.

(4) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1948.