8. of section 10
ප්රතිචාර සහ සහායනිල ඉංග්රීසි පරිවර්තනය. එය සිංහල හෝ දෙමළ පාඨයට වඩා වෙනස් නම් බලපවත්වන පාඨය කුමක්දැයි පනතේම සඳහන් වේ.
Section 10 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows :-—
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by the repeal of subsection (6) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—
“ (6) Where the tenant of any premises who has sublet such premises or any part thereof receives or recovers in respect of the premises or the part of the premises which he has sublet, any amount exceeding the authorized rent or any amount exceeding such amount as the board has fixed as the proportionate rent of the part sublet. or receives or recovers, in addition to the authorized rent or the propotionate rent, any premium, commission, gratuity or other like payment or pecuniary consi-deration whatsoever, such tenant shal] be guilty of an offence under this Act, and the landlord of such premises shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 22, be entitled to an action instituted in a court of competent jurisdiction to a decree for the ejectment of such tenant from the premises.” ; and a
by the repeal of subsections (12) and (13) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following subsections :-—
“(12) The board shall give priority over the other proceedings before the board, to the hearing and determination of any application made under subsection (2) (b) (ii) or subsection (9) for the fixing of the proportionate rent, and the board shall fix such rent on the basis of one hundred and twenty per centum of the authorized rent.
Where any premises are let, sublet or occupied in separate parts, which are not separately assessed for the purpose of rates, and the aggregate of the amount demanded as the rent for such separate parts exceeds the authorized rent of the premises, the landlord shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of section 3 of this
Act:
Provided, however, that where any such premises are let, sublet or occupied in separate parts on or after the date of commencement of this Act, the landlord shall not be deemed to have contravened such provisions if the aggregate of the amount demanded as the rent for such separate parts does not exceed one hundred and twenty per centum of the authorized rent of such premises.”.
9 Section 16 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :—
“ Use of force
16. No landlord of any premises or other on tenants and couioe person shall, either by himself or through premises.
any other person, directly or indirectly, make use of, or threaten to make use of, any force, violence, or restraint, or inflict or threaten to inflict, any harm, damage or loss, upon or against the tenant of, or any person in occupation of, such premises, or damage, remove or tamper with, any part of such premises, in order to induce, compel or pre-vail upon, such tenant or person to vacaate such premises, or to make any payment of money in excess of the authorized rent of such premises or the proportionate rent of any part of such premises. ”.