19. Duty of Board to advise tenants, sub-tenants and occupiers of landlord’s application
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Upon an application being made by a landlord to recover possession of controlled premises under section 4(1) and before any order is made in the landlord’s favour under section 4(3), the Board shall cause a notice in the Malay, Chinese, Tamil and English languages to be exhibited in the controlled premises in question.
landlord
“landlord” means the landlord of controlled premises in respect of which a tenancy exists and includes the landlord of a statutory tenant;
The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall inform every person who is in occupation of the controlled premises that —
controlled premises
“controlled premises” or “premises” means any dwelling-house, flat, factory, warehouse, office, counting house, shop, school and any other building, whether of permanent or temporary construction in which persons are employed, and any part of any such building let or sublet separately and includes any land whereon any such building is or has been erected with the consent of the landlord that is subject to control under the Control of Rent Act and is situated in a designated development area;
the landlord has made an application to the Board to recover possession of the controlled premises;
the Board intends to consider the application on the date and at the place stated in the notice; and
if the landlord obtains an order for possession of the controlled premises, the Board proposes to determine the quantum of compensation to be awarded under this Act to every tenant, sub-tenant and occupier of the controlled premises.
The notice shall further inform every tenant, sub-tenant and occupier that he may attend the proceedings of the Board on the date and at the place specified in the notice and, if he so attends, he shall have an opportunity of being heard and producing such evidence, oral or documentary, as seems relevant to the Board.
tenant
“tenant” means the tenant of controlled premises in respect of which a tenancy exists and includes a statutory tenant and in the case of a sub-tenancy a sub-tenant to whom the controlled premises or part thereof is sublet.