| Abstract: | Any person who takes a lease of premises must be interested in the circumstances in which the landlord can terminate his lease or secure his ejectment from the premises. Equally is it important for a landlord to know when he can lawfully recover possession of premises let out by him. To both the proper construction and scope of section 17 of the Rent Act, 1963 (Act 220), is of considerable importance. Sections of this paper: 1. Common law (Periodic tenancies; Yearly tenancies; Other periodic tenancies) - 2. Statutory restrictions on termination of leases (The tenant in arrears of rent; Breach of obligations of the tenancy; Nuisance; Premises required by the landlord for personal occupation; Premises required by the landlord for his business purposes; Premises required for re-modelling, etc.: Ejectment where employment has ceased) - 3. The scope of Section 17 of the Rent Act, 1963. Notes; ref. |