Section 7: Excessive claims of rent
consolidated text (as at 2013, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
7. Excessive claims of rent
(1) A landlord, or any other person acting on his behalf, shall not increase, request, receive or recover from a tenant, any rent in excess of the
fair rent of the premises.
(2) Where a tenant has paid to the landlord, or to any other person acting
on his behalf, any amount as rent which is in excess of the fair rent, he
may—
(a) recover that amount from the landlord; or
(b) deduct that amount from any rent for an ensuing period of tenancy.
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Questions this section answers
- Can I get back rent I paid that was more than the fair rent?
- Is it against the law for my landlord to charge more than the fair rent?