Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Subject to the provisions of this Act and notwithstanding any contract to the contrary, no landlord shall be entitled to charge rent for any house at a figure higher than the standard rent. (2) If at any time after the standard rent is fixed under the provisions of this Act, any addition, im provement or alteration (not being repairs within the meaning of the provisions of section 6) is effected at the landlord’s expense which was not taken into con sideration in fixing the standard rent, then the land lord shall be entitled to have the monthly rent increas ed by an amount not exceeding one-twelfth of seven and half per cent per annum of the cost of such addition, improvement or alteration with effect from the date on which the addition, improvement or alteration was completed. Procedure