(1) No landlord shall make the purchase by any person of any furniture in any permises a condition for the grant, renewal or continuance of the tenancy of such premises.
(2) No person shall publish, orcause to be published, in any newspaper or otherwise any advertisement—
(a) for the purchase by any person of any furniture, or
(b) for the payment of any sum exceeding one month's rent in advance, except with the previous permission of the Controller, as a condition for the letting of any premises.
16. Where any sum or other consideration has been paid by or on behalf of the tenant to a landlord in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act, the Controller may, on application made to him within a period of six months from the date of such payment, by order, direct the landlord to refund such sum or the value of such consideration to the tenant or to adjust such sum or the value of such consideration against the rent payable by the tenant.