Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) If in any suit brought for the recovery of award da- the arrears of rent it appears to the Court that the ra a g e s on defendant has, without reasonable or probable cause, rc"d without n ( ,S1(-c t e d o r r e btsed to pay the amount of rent due by reasonable111 h' m , the Court may award to the plaintiff, in addition cause, or to to the amount decreed for the rent and costs, such defendant damages not exceeding 25 per cent of the amount of improperly r e n t dec re ed as it thinks f it: rued for se nt. Provided that interest shall not be decreed when damages are awarded under this section and provided also that where damages are awarded— (?) the amount of such damages shall not be less than the interest accruing up to the date of the institution of the suit, and (») interest on the arrear may be awarded from the date of the institution of the suit up to the date of payment at such rate as the Court directs. £ 33 (2) If, in any suit brought for the recovery of arrear of rent, it appears to the Court that the plaintiff has instituted the suit without reasonable or pro bable cause, the Court may award to the defendant, by way of damages, such sum not exceeding 25 per cent on the whole amount claimed by the plaintiff as it thinks fit. Liability for rent on change of landlords ok AFTER TRA NSF ER OF HO LD ING