Jersey Law 15/1988

DWELLING-HOUSES (RENT CONTROL) (AMENDMENT No. 4) (JERSEY) LAW, 1988.

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A LAW       to amend further the Dwelling-Houses (Rent Control) (Jersey) Law, 1946 by increasing penalties for offences, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

26th day of October, 1988.

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(Registered on the 9th day of December, 1988.)

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STATES OF JERSEY.

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The 26th of April, 1988.

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

In Article 8 of the Dwelling-Houses (Rent Control) (Jersey) Law, 1946, as amended1 –

(a)     in paragraph (1) for the words “a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds sterling, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding six months” there shall be substituted the words “a fine not exceeding two thousand pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months”;

(b)     in paragraph (2) for the words “a fine not exceeding twenty pounds sterling, or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding three months” there shall be substituted the words “a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months”.

ARTICLE 2

This Law may be cited as the Dwelling-Houses (Rent Control) (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey) Law, 1988.

R.S. GRAY

Deputy Greffier of the States.