Singapore legislation
Section 17
Section 17
Payment of compensation to tenant in certain specified cases
(1)
Where a landlord has obtained an order or judgment for the recovery of possession of premises on any of the grounds specified in section 15(1)(i) or 16(b) and it is subsequently made to appear to the court that the order or judgment was obtained by misrepresentation or concealment of material facts the court may order the landlord to pay to the former tenant such sum as appears sufficient as compensation for damage or loss sustained by that tenant as a result of the order or judgment.
(2)
Nothing in section 15 or 16 shall be deemed to relieve a landlord from the necessity of determining the tenancy according to law.