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We got 1 month notice to vacate our current rental place without any reason. We have been searching ever since for another place to rent but have not been sucessfull. What happens if we still have not find anything by monthend when we have to be out?
If the Rents Ordinance applies to your dwelling, a landlord’s notice to vacate must be in writing and state the reasons for requiring you to leave. The landlord must also lodge a copy with the relevant rent board. 2 A one month notice is shorter than the Ordinance’s required minimum of three months for a dwelling, unless you gave written consent, after the lease began or was renewed, to a shorter notice period. 4
The supplied sources do not state a specific legal consequence for remaining after an invalid or too-short notice. They do state that, without a court order, the landlord may not remove your property from the dwelling without your consent. 6 The Ordinance, which is legislation, controls over any inconsistent term in the Rehoboth regulations or lease arrangement. 34
If the notice gave no reason, that does not comply with the Ordinance’s stated notice requirement. 2
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Rents Ordinance 13 of 1977
any obligation to pay compensation to the lessee which may arise under subsection (3) in the event of any failure to carry out such undertaking; and (ii) the lessor shall satisfy the court that any permission necessary under any law for the carrying out of such scheme has been obtained from the authority from which it has in terms of such law to be obtained or on some other grounds which, regard being had to all the circumstances, the court deems to be sufficient. (2) (a) If a lessor has in any manner whatsoever caused or induced a lessee to vacate any dwelling on the grounds stated in subsection (1)(c), and such dwelling is without reasonable cause not occupied within one month from the dat...
Rents Ordinance 13 of 1977
(1) (a) When a lessor gives notice to a lessee to vacate a dwelling he shall do so in writing, stating the reasons, and a copy of such notice shall be lodged by the lessor with the secretary of the rent board in whose area of jurisdiction the dwelling is situated immediately after the notice has been served on the lessee. (b) Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) (a) shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred rand or imprisonment not exceeding two months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment. (2) If in any notice to a lessee to vacate any dwelling the lessor has knowingly given any reason which is false, or...
Registration of Deeds in Rehoboth Act 93 of 1976-Regulations 1976-2372
terms of this agreement, promptly on the due date, the lessor may give written notice to the lessee to leave and to vacate the premises within seven days of the receipt of such notice. No steps in terms of this clause shall deprive the lessor of his right to recover any amount which is still due by the lessee.
Rents Ordinance 13 of 1977
(1) When a lessor gives notice to a lessee to vacate business premises or a dwelling, such lessor shall (a) in the case of business premises, give notice of at least one year; and (b) in the case of a dwelling, give notice of at least three months, irrespective of whether the lease provides for a period of notice or not: Provided that (i) the lessee of business premises or of a dwelling may consent in writing on a later date than the commencement or renewal of the lease to a shorter period of notice than that provided for in this section; and (ii) an employee who leases a dwelling from his employer as a condition of service shall vacate the dwelling within seven days after termination of his...
Registration of Deeds in Rehoboth Act 93 of 1976-Regulations 1976-2372
(state monthly, annual, etc., as the case may be) basis and may be terminated by either party by written notice to the other party for a period of ......................................................................... prior to the termination of the agreement of lease.
Rents Ordinance 13 of 1977
(3) If the lessor has caused a lessee to vacate any dwelling on the grounds stated in subsection (1)(d), and the reconstruction or alteration scheme is not carried out in accordance with the undertaking filed by the lessor, the lessor shall, unless he proves that the failure to carry out the scheme as aforesaid is due to circumstances beyond his control, be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred rand or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment, and shall in addition be liable to pay compensation to the lessee for any loss suffered by him as a direct consequence of his vacation of that dwelling. (4) A lessor...