FIND THE LANDLORDS’ OBLIGATIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE RENT ACT OF 1963 (ACT 220) (AMENDED):
Section 19—Landlord Prohibited from Collecting Rent Increase Resulting from Increase in Rates without Notice, Etc.
(1) No landlord of premises shall collect from the tenant of such premises any increase of rent attributable to an increase of rates in respect of such premises, unless he has notified the tenant previously in writing in the prescribed form the amount of the old rates, the amount of the new rates, and where a part of any premises has been let, the amount of the rates attributable to such part, the amount of the increase in rent and the date from which the new rates take effect.
(2) When a part of any premises has been let and there has been an increase in the rates in respect of the whole of such premises, no landlord shall—
(a) fix the amount of the rates attributable to such part, or
(b) collect an increase in rent in respect of such part, unless such amount and increase have been approved by the appropriate Rent Officer.
(3) No landlord of, or other person interested in, any premises, shall collect the increase in rent attributable to an increase in rates in respect of any period before such increased rates were assessed.
Section 20—Rent Cards.
(1) Every landlord of any premises on monthly or shorter tenancies shall issue to the tenant of such premises, within seven days after the commencement of the tenancy, a rent card specifying the following particulars: —
(a) the name and address of the landlord of such premises;
(b) the name and address of the tenant of such premises;
(c) the amount of the recoverable rent of such premises; and (d) any other prescribed particulars.
(2) Where any particulars specified in a rent card have been altered, the landlord shall call for the rent card from the tenant and make the appropriate alterations, within seven days after the alterations have been decided upon.
Section 21—Compensation for Improvements. Where a tenant who has made improvements to his premises, with the approval of the landlord of the premises is requested to vacate his premises before the prescribed period, the landlord of such premises shall pay such compensation for the improvements as may be ordered by the appropriate Rent Officer within such period as may be specified by him.
Section 22—Control of Sub-letting.
(1) No person, in the case of a monthly or shorter tenancy of any premises, shall sub-let such premises without the written consent of his landlord.
(2) No person in the case of a tenancy of any premises, other than the tenancy specified in subsection (1), shall sub-let such premises, in the absence of express agreement in writing to the contrary, for a period in excess of the period of his tenancy.
(3) Every person sub-letting his premises shall inform the landlord of such premises in writing within fourteen days after he has so sub-let the premises the fact of such sub-letting and its terms. Section
23—Landlord Prohibited from Serving Notice to Quit within Two Years of Determination of Appropriate Rent Officer, Etc.
No landlord of any premises shall serve a notice to quit on a tenant of such premises within two years from the date of any assessment, order or decision of the appropriate Rent Officer from which there has been no appeal or of the appropriate Rent Magistrate or of any other Judge of a court of competent jurisdiction, unless the lease is due to expire within the said period of two years.
