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Rent Act (No. 7 of 1972) - Sect 9

Prohibition of excessive advance, premium or other additional payment

9.
(1) No person shall, as a condition of the grant, renewal or continuance of the tenancy of any premises, demand or receive, or pay or offer to pay
(a) as an advance of rent, any amount exceeding the authorized rent, or as the case may be, the receivable rent, for a period of three months; or
(b) in addition to the rent of such premises, any premium, commission, gratuity or other like payment or pecuniary consideration whatsoever.
(2) Where a landlord is convicted of having received any amount in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Magistrate may make order requiring such landlord to refund such amount to the person from whom such amount was received.
(3) Where the Commissioner of National Housing is satisfied that the landlord of any premises has demanded any amount in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), the Commissioner may make order directing such landlord not to grant the tenancy of such premises to any person other than a person authorized for the purpose by the board ; and where the landlord grants the tenancy of such premises in contravention of such order, the landlord shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.
(4) Where an order is made by the Commissioner of National Housing under sub-section (3), the board shall, subject as hereinafter provided and notwithstanding".: anything in, any other law, authorize such person as in its opinion is suitable to be the tenant of the premises, to occupy such premises.
(5) where any person authorized by the board under sub-section (4) 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 provisions of this Act shall apply accordingly.
(6) The exercise of the power of the board to authorize persons to occupy premises under subsection (4) shall be subject to the right of the landlord of the premises to object to the first three persons proposed by the board to be so authorized.

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