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CurrentFailure to pay rent with intention it be recovered from security bond
Part IVResidential tenancy agreements
Division 3General
52 Failure to pay rent with intention it be recovered from security bond
A tenant shall not fail or refuse to pay any rent due under a residential tenancy agreement with the intention that the amount of such rent be recovered by the lessor from the security bond paid by the tenant.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
[Section 52 amended: No. 59 of 1995 s. 55; No. 60 of 2011 s. 49, 88 and 89.]
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