Termination of agreement where tenant causing serious damage or injury
73 Termination of agreement where tenant causing serious damage or injury
A competent court may, upon application by the lessor under a residential tenancy agreement, terminate the agreement if it is satisfied that the tenant has intentionally or recklessly caused or permitted, or is likely intentionally or recklessly to cause or permit —
serious damage to the premises or, where relevant, a common area or chattels in the common area; or
injury to —
the lessor; or
the property manager of the premises; or
any person in occupation of or permitted on adjacent premises.
Where a court terminates a residential tenancy agreement under this section, it shall also make an order for possession of the premises of immediate effect.
[Section 73 amended: No. 50 of 1988 s. 18; No. 59 of 2004 s. 120; No. 60 of 2011 s. 72, 88 and 89; No. 25 of 2019 s. 69.]
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