| |
Chapter 2..
Determination of Rent and Recovery of Overpayments.
|
|
|
Information as to basic rent or lawful rent.
|
12.—(1) The landlord or the tenant of a controlled dwelling shall, on being so requested by the Court, supply the Court with a statement in writing affording any information in his possession or procurement requisite to enable the Court to determine the basic rent or the lawful rent of the dwelling.
|
|
| |
(2) The landlord of a controllod dwelling shall, on being so requested in writing by the tenant, supply the tenant with a statement affording any information in the landlord's possession or procurement requisite to enable the tenant to determine the basic rent or the lawful rent of the dwelling or have it determined by the Court.
|
|
| |
(3) The tenant of a controlled dwelling shall, on being so requested in writing by the landlord, supply the landlord with a statement in writing affording any information in the tenant's possession or procurement requisite to enable the landlord to determine the basic rent or the lawful rent of the dwelling or have it determined by the Court.
|
|
| |
(4) There shall be implied in every contract, made on or after the 12th day of March, 1946, and before the operative date or made on or after the operative date, for the sale of any interest in a controlled dwelling (if not already expressly included) a provision binding the vendor to give to the purchaser any information in the vendor's possession or procurement requisite to enable the purchaser to determine the basic rent or the lawful rent of the dwelling or any part thereof.
|
|
| |
(5) Every stipulation in a contract for the sale of a dwelling, whereby the purchaser is precluded from making requisitions as to the matters mentioned in subsection (4) of this section shall be void.
|
|
| |
(6) If, without reasonable excuse, a person requested under subsection (1), (2) or (3) of this section to supply a statement fails within twenty-eight days to do so or supplies a statement which is false or misleading in any material particular and not proved to have been made innocently and without intent to deceive, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on summary conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.
|
