Singapore legislation
Section 10
Section 10
Circumstances where landlord not liable to pay compensation
(1)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, a tenant or sub-tenant of the whole or part of the controlled premises in respect of which an order has been made by the Board under section 4 shall not be entitled to compensation, or any apportionment thereof, if —
he has not been in continuous occupation of the controlled premises or part thereof at any time prior to 1st January 1968;
he has sublet the premises or any part thereof in breach of the terms of his tenancy with his landlord and his landlord has neither acquiesced in nor waived the breach; or
he has been convicted of an offence under section 21 of the Control of Rent Act [Cap. 58].
(2)
In this section, “continuous occupation” means occupation of the controlled premises or part thereof prior to 1st January 1968, which has not been interrupted for any period longer than 6 months, or for such further period not exceeding 2 years, as the Board may in any particular case decide, having regard to the reasons advanced by the tenant or sub-tenant for failure to occupy the controlled premises or part thereof.