Section 400: Leaving rented house

1) A tenant leaving rented house prior to the expiration of the period of rent in any of the following circumstances:

(a) If the house owner fails to perform his or her obligations pursuant to Section 389,

(b) If the tenant no longer needs the house for the purpose for which he or she rented it,

(c) If the house owner does any act in contravention of the agreement or this Chapter.

2) If the tenant is to leave the house in the circumstances referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1), except as otherwise provided in the agreement, the tenant shall give a notice in writing to the house-owner in advance of at least thirty-five days.

3) If the tenant leaves the house without giving a notice pursuant to sub-section (2), the house-owner shall be entitled to deduct the rent for that period from the rent, if any, paid in advance by the tenant and to recover the same from the tenant, failing such advance payment.