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| (1) Notwithstanding anything in any other law, no landlord or tenant of any residential premises shall, unless so authorized by the Commissioner of National Housing, use or permit any other person to use such premises wholly or mainly for any purpose other than that of residence. |
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| (2) Where any residential premises are on the date of commencement of this Act used wholly or mainly for any purpose other than that of residence, the landlord or tenant of such premises, as the case may be, shall not continue to use such premises for such purpose after the expiry of six months from such date-
| | (a) unless such purpose is in the opinion of the Commissioner of National Housing a specified purpose; or | | |
| | (b) where such purpose is not in the opinion of the Commissioner of National Housing a specified purpose, for any period exceeding such period as may be determined by such Commissioner; or | | |
| | (c) unless, as a result of structural alterations lawfully made to such premises prior to the date of commencement of this Act, the Commissioner of National Housing is of opinion that it would not be equitable to require that such premises shall be used for residential purposes. | | |
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