Full legislation
s.45
Prohibition of acts done mala fide with intent to induce a lessee to quit
(1)
Any person who shall mala fide do any act whatsoever with intent to induce the
lessee of any premises to give up possession thereof shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine
at
level
1.
(Amended
E.R. 4
of 2020
)
(2)
Upon the hearing of any summons issued under this section it shall be lawful for a magistrate, in addition to imposing a fine if the defendant is convicted, to order the defendant to pay to the lessee such sum as may appear to the magistrate to be sufficient to compensate the lessee for any costs, damages, loss or inconvenience sustained by him by reason of such act.