Section 5: Rent book

5. Rent book (1) Except where a tenant has made effective arrangements to pay the rent by a standing order addressed to a bank, every landlord shall— (a) provide to his tenant, against written receipt, a rent book for use in respect of the premises let to him; and (b) by himself or through his agent— (i) record in the rent book every payment made by the tenant in respect of rent; and [Issue 7] L6 – 4 Revised Laws of Mauritius (ii) affix a signature or, where the landlord is a body corporate, its seal together with an authorised signature, by the side of every payment recorded under subparagraph (i). (2) The landlord shall ensure that every rent book issued by him— (a) contains, on its outside or inside cover, the particulars in the form set out in the First Schedule; (b) is kept up to date in respect of the particulars referred to in paragraph (a); (c) is renewed whenever necessary.