(1) Where a landlord has at any time, before the commencement of this Regulation with or without the approval of the tenant or after the commencement of this Regulation with the written approval of the tenant or of the court referred to in section 25 made any improvement, addition or structural alteration in the premises not being decoration or tenantable repairs necessary or usual for Lawful increase of standard rent in certain cases and recovery af other charges.
244 T H E GAZETTE OF INTMA EXTRAORDINARY [PART U such premises, and the cost of such improvement, addition or alteration has not been taken into account in determining the standard rent of the premises, the landlord may lawfully increase the standard rent per year by an amount not exceeding seven and one-half per cent, of such cost.
(2) Where in respect of any premises the landlord pays any charge for electricity or water consumed in the premises or any other charge which is levied by a local authority having jurisdiction in the area and which is ordinarily payable by the tenant, the landlord may recover from the tenant the amount so paid by him; but no landlord shall recover from the tenant whether by means of an increase in rent or otherwise the amount of any tax on building or land imposed in respect of the premises occupied by the tenant:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall affect the liability of any tenant under an agreement entered into before the 1st day of October, 1941, whether express or implied, to pay from time to time the amount of any such tax as aforesaid.
Totice of nuraase if, or ddition o, rent.