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Agreements implied in leases on the part of lessee
Cap. 194, s. 56 · Revised Edition 2020
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the lease, the lessee shall be implied in every lease, to have agreed–
(a) to pay the rent reserved by the lease at the times and in the manner therein specified;
(b) to pay all rates, taxes and other outgoings which are at any time payable in respect of the leased premises during the continuance of the lease, unless the same are payable exclusively by the lessor by virtue of any written law;
(c) in the case of agricultural land, to farm the same in accordance with the practice and any rules of good husbandry and to yield up the land at the end of the term;
(d) except where part only of a building is leased,
or where a dwelling house is leased furnished,
to keep all buildings comprised in the lease and all boundary marks in repair;
(e) where part only of a building is leased, or where a dwelling house is leased furnished, to keep the leased premises, except the roof,
main walls and main drains and the common passages and common installations, in repair;
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(f) to permit the lessor or his agent with or without workmen or others at all convenient times and after reasonable notice to enter on the leased premises and examine its condition;
(g) to repair or otherwise make good any defect or breach of agreement for which the lessee is responsible and of which notice has been given by the lessor to the lessee, within such reasonable period as may be specified in the
(h) not to transfer, charge, sublease or otherwise part with the possession of the leased premises or any part thereof without the previous written consent of the lessor, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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