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Landlord and Tenant Act (Cap. 61:01).

Pays/Territoire
Guyana
Type du document
Législation
Date
1947 (1972)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Laws of Guyana.
Titre complet
An Act to regulate the relationship between landlord and tenant and to amend the existing law with respect thereto.
Sujet
Terre et sols
Mot clé
Propriété Location Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives
Aire géographique
Amazone, Amériques, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Petits états insulaires en développement, Amérique du Sud
Résumé

This Act provides the legal framework for the relationship between landlords and tenants. It consists of 63 sections and is divided into 9 Parts: Preliminary (sects. 12-2); Nature of tenancies and the law applicable thereto (sects. 3-4); Capacity for letting and taking on hire land and buildings (sect. 5); Provisions relating to leases (sects. 6-12); Provisions relating to tenancies generally (sects. 13-19); Recovery of rent by distress (sects. 20-35); Special provisions relating to the landlord’s right of distress for rent (sects. 36-43); Landlord’s duty to repair certain tenements (sect. 44); Recovery of possession of tenement (sect. 45-49); Miscellaneous provisions (sect. 50-63). Section 3 defines various tenancies. Leases that are to carry on for more than three years shall be concluded by deed (sect. 6). Section 7 defines the form and content of a lease.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
legalaffairs.gov.gy