National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Express and implied provisions
233. In the absence of any express provision therein to the contrary, any agreement to keep any building or part of a building
Feedback & support“in repair” implied in any lease or sublease (whether granted before or after the commencement of this Act)—
in repair
“in repair”, in relation to any building or part of a building, means in such state of repair as that in which a prudent owner might reasonably be expected to keep his property;
shall be construed in accordance with the definition of that expression contained in section 5, but
shall not be taken to require the building or part in question to be put into a better state of repair than that in which it was at the commencement of the lease or sublease.
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land
“land” includes— (a) that surface of the earth and all substances forming that surface; (b) the earth below the surface and all substances therein; (c) all vegetation and other natural products, whether or not requiring the periodical application of labour to their production, and whether on or below the surface; (d) all things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, whether on or below the surface; and (e) land covered by water;