Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

(1)
Where the parties enter into or renew a tenancy to which this Part applies, the landlord shall lodge with the Commissioner a notice in the specified form, and the Commissioner
shall—
(a)
endorse the notice with the date of its receipt; and
(b)
notify both parties of the receipt of the notice.
(Replaced
16 of 2004 s. 4
)
(1A)
The notice mentioned in subsection (1) may be
lodged—
(a)
without charge, within 1 month after the event notified; or
(b)
upon payment to the Commissioner of such fee as may be determined by the Financial Secretary by notice published in the Gazette, at any time.
(Added
40 of 1984 s. 34
. Amended
32 of 2002 s. 21
)
(2)
Subject to
section 51A(6)
, a landlord shall not be entitled to maintain an action to recover rent under an agreement mentioned in subsection (1) unless a notice relating to that agreement is endorsed by the Commissioner under that subsection.
(Amended
29 of 1983 s. 39
)