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 completAn 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