Recovery of possession of premises prohibited except by order
66 Recovery of possession of premises prohibited except by order
A person must not, except under a judgment, warrant or order of a court or an order of the Tribunal, enter residential premises occupied by a resident of a retirement village under a residence contract for the purpose of recovering possession of the premises.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $2 000.
This section applies to a person who enters residential premises whether on the resident’s own behalf or on behalf of another person.
A court before which proceedings for an offence under this section are commenced may (in addition to imposing any penalty) order the person who committed the offence or any person on whose behalf that person acted to pay to the person entitled to occupy the premises concerned such compensation as it thinks fit.
[Section 66 amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 1044; No. 42 of 2024 s. 49, 50, 51, 52 and 53(1).]
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