National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Express and implied provisions
230. Agreements implied in all leases and subleases
Feedback & supportIn every lease or sublease granted under Chapter 1 there shall be implied on the part of the lessee or sublessee an agreement that he will pay the rent thereby reserved at the times and in the manner therein specified and will duly observe and perform all conditions, express or implied, to which the land is subject.
In every lease so granted there shall be implied on the part of the lessor an agreement to pay all rent due, or falling due, to the State Authority in respect of the demised property or, as the case may be, the land of which that property forms part.
rent
“rent” includes— (a) any annual sum payable to the State Authority by way of rent; (b) any other annual payment due to the State Authority which by any written law is to be collected as if it were rent or land revenue; and (c) any fee due to the State Authority in respect of arrears of rent by virtue of rules under section 14; (d)…
In every sublease so granted there shall be implied on the part of the sublessor an agreement—
that he will pay the rent reserved by the lease or sublease under which he holds; and
that if the sublessee pays any of the said rent, he shall be entitled to set off the sum so paid against the rent payable by him under the sublease.