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of his household should exceed 24 hours. Even in the event of the premises being vacated 
before the legal time, the premises, together with keys and everything appertaining to them, 
must at once be handed over to the landlord, in a clean condition, on the day of leaving. 
Moreover, the tenant, in the event of his leaving before the legal date, hereby accords 
the landlord the right, without having any claim to compensation, to commence 
improvements on the premises, and if the tenant has neglected to return the keys to the 
landlord at the proper time, the landlord is hereby empowered to use suitable means to 
procure admission to the premises in the absence of the tenant. Further, in quitting the 
premises before the legal time, the tenant foregoes any compensation or repayment of rent, 
should the vacated premises not be occupied by a new tenant earlier than 14 days before 
the expiry of the agreement and the landlord does not require any rent for that period. The 
tenant, on the contrary, accords the landlord the right to give the succeeding tenant the 
gratuitous use of the premises during the last 14 days of the lease. Removal from and 
giving up possession of the premises shall be deemed to have taken place on removal by 
the tenant of his principal furniture or business plant, even though a few small and 
unimportant articles be left in the premises. 
8. The landlord has the right, in the event of payment of the rent stipulated in Art. 2 
not being punctually made, as also in the event of the breach of the conditions contained 
in Arts. 4, 5, 6 and 7, on the part of the tenant, his family, lodgers, sub-tenants, or his staff, 
to demand the immediate vacation of the premises without previous notice. Any un 
punctuality in payment of rent gives the landlord the right of immediate possession. The 
landlord still retains this right, even should the tenant seek to make good his breach of the 
contract by paying the rent in arrears before the right of withdrawal from the contract on 
the part of the landlord has been exercised. For breach of the prescribed house regulations 
(Art. 6) the landlord shall only have the right of possession in the event of the tenant, 
after having been warned in writing against a breach of the rules, transgressing again, or 
in the event of his not having, within a time specified by the landlord, removed or made 
good the cause of complaint. 
The landlord shall not lose his right of resuming possession in the event of granting 
days of grace for payment of rent. On the contrary, on the expiration of such periods, the 
right shall come automatically into force. The tenant foregoes the right to withhold the 
rent on the ground of any presumptive claim against the landlord, and also foregoes the 
right to any settlement of claims against the landlord in connection with the payment of 
rent. 
Should the tenant have to give up possession owing to breach of contract, he never 
theless remains liable to the landlord for a half-year’s rent, which must be paid to the 
same as a fine for breach of contract, on vacating the premises, the right being reserved of 
demanding repayment should the landlord be reimbursed by another disposition of the 
premises. 
9. The tenant bears the cost of the legal stamp tax and the receipt tax. In the event 
of renewal of the lease he undertakes to pay in advance to the landlord this stamp duty 
proportionate to the length of his contract. 
In the event of there being several tenants, declarations binding in law may I e made 
by or to each tenant individually. 
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