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Charges to
conform to
those
approved.

Charge to
be exhibitec

Restriction
on demand

of premiums.

Ch. 30. No. 17.] Sleeping A Accommodation (Control Charges).

the charges relating to that accommodation or to approve
revised charges in place of the charges previously approved.

(2) The Board shall not approve a charge unless in the
opinion of the Board it is reasonable and shall revise a
charge on due application if in the opinion of the Board
it has ceased to be reasonable.

(3) The Board) may permit all or any sleeping
accommodation in any building, or on any premises, being
accommodation of which one person is the owner, to be
dealt with in one application,

(+) Section 6 of the Rent Restriction Ordinance,
shall apply in relation to applications under this section.

4. If any sleeping accommodation shall, after the Ist of
September, 1943, be occupied as such, or continue to be
occupied as such, without the charge therefor having been
approved by the Board or at a charge greater than an
approved charge, the owner thereof shall be guilty of an
offence against this Ordinance: Provided the owner shall
not be guilty of an offence as aforesaid by reason of a
charge not having been approved if an application to
approve the charge has been made and is pending.

5. The owner of any sleeping accommodation shall at all
times cause the charge. approved by the Board to be
exhibited conspicuously at the place where the accommo-
dation is situated, and, if he shall contravene or fail to
comply with this section, he shall be guilty of an offence
against this Ordinance.

6. The owner of any sleeping accommodation shall not,
as a condition of permitting the occupation or continued
occupation thereof after the charges have been approved
by the Board, require the payment of any fine, premium,
or other like sum, or the giving of any consideration in
addition to the charges approved by the Board, and where
any such payment or consideration shall be made or given,
the amount or value thereof shall be recoverable by the
person by whom it was made or given or his personal
representative. The owner of any sleeping accommodation
who shall contravene or fail to comply with the provisions
of this section shall be guilty of an offence against this