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| (1) No owner of any premises assessed as residential premises for the purpose of rates shall, without reasonable cause, keep such premises unoccupied for a period in excess of three months. |
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| (2) Where the board is satisfied that any owner has contravened the provisions of sub-section (1), or, where any residential premises the authorized rent of which does not exceed thirty rupees per month fall vacant, the board may, as hereinafter provided, and notwithstanding anything in any other law, authorize such person as in its opinion is suitable to be made the tenant thereof, to occupy such premises. |
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| (3) Where any person authorized by the board under sub-section (2) to occupy any premises, occupies such premises, such person shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be the tenant of such premises and the other provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly. |
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| (4) The exercise of the power of the board to authorize persons to occupy premises under subsection (2) shall be subject to the right of the owner of the premises to object to the first three persons proposed by the board to be so authorized. |
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