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| (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), no landlord or agent of the landlord of any premises shall enter into an agreement or other contract with the tenant or an agent of the tenant of such premises for the hire or lease of any furniture, fittings or appliances on such premises. |
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| (2) Where any residential premises which are occupied by the landlord are let to a tenant on account of the landlord temporarily not requiring the use thereof, such landlord may enter into a separate agreement or contract for the hire or lease by the tenant of such furniture, fittings and appliances as were kept in such premises for the personal use of the landlord. Such agreement or contract shall not be entered into except with the prior permission of the board granted on application made by the landlord, and the period for which such agreement or contract shall prevail and the amount payable by the tenant in respect of the hire or lease of such furniture, fittings and appliances shall be as determined by the board when such permission is granted. |
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| (3) Notwithstanding anything in any other law, no agreement or other contract entered into prior to the date of commencement of this Act between the landlord or an agent of the landlord, and the tenant or an agent of the tenant, of any premises, for the hire or lease of any furniture, fittings or appliances on such premises shall be valid or have effect in law, and no landlord shall receive any consideration or benefit arising from such agreement or contract except such consideration or benefit as accrued to him prior to the date of commencement of this Act. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts