Tenancy Law
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- Article 1The provisions of this Law shall apply to real property, including vacant land leased for residential or other purposes, with agricultural land excepted therefrom. If…
- Article 2The Government may, by a decision of the competent Minister or the head of the authority concerned, administratively evacuate immovable properties in the following…
- Article 5Lease contracts concluded after this Law takes effect must be evidenced in writing. Nevertheless, a lease contract shall be established if there is a writing from the…
- Article 6If there are multiple lessees of the same property, preference shall be given to the one who first takes possession of it without fraud. If, however, one of them has…
- Article 7The lessor shall deliver to the lessee the leased property and its appurtenances on the date specified for delivery, in a condition fit to provide the benefit for which…
- Article 8The lessor shall maintain the leased premises and shall, during the lease, carry out necessary repairs, particularly the work necessary to maintain roofs, stairs,…
- Article 9The lessor shall refrain from anything that would prevent the lessee from enjoying the leased property in the agreed manner or in accordance with the purpose for which…
- Article 11 مكررThe lessor and lessee may agree to authenticate the lease contract and give it the force of an enforceable instrument for collection of overdue rent after formally…
- Article 12The lessee shall use the leased premises in the manner agreed upon. If there is no agreement, the lessee shall use the premises in accordance with the purpose for which…
- Article 13The lessee shall exercise, in preserving and using the leased property, the care that an ordinary person would exercise, and shall carry out tenant repairs arising from…
- Article 14The lessee shall not be entitled to sublet or assign the lease, in respect of all or any part of what the lessee has leased, except with the express written permission…
- Article 15If the tenant sublets the whole of the premises pursuant to written permission and then relinquishes them after subletting them, thereby terminating his lease, a direct…
- Article 17The owner of the expropriated property shall be deemed a tenant if he personally occupies or uses it. In this case, the rental value of the property shall be determined…
- Article 18The lessee shall pay the rent to the person to whom ownership has been transferred from the time he becomes aware of its transfer. The lessee may not invoke rent paid in…
- Article 20By way of exception to the provisions of Article 19, the lessor may not request—even upon expiry of the lease term—the eviction of the leased premises, other than vacant…
- Article 21Except in the cases stipulated in clauses - 1, 2, 3, 5 and 11 - of the preceding Article, the judge may, when ordering eviction pursuant to the provisions of that same…
- Article 24A Rentals Circuit shall be established at the Court of First Instance, constituted of a single judge and comprising one or more chambers as needed, with exclusive…
- Article 25Actions shall be brought before the Rental Circuit by a statement of claim consisting of an original and copies equal to the number of defendants, submitted by the…
- Article 261- On the day appointed for hearing the case, the litigants shall appear in person or be represented by persons whom they appoint by an official or authenticated…
- Article 27The provisions of this Law shall apply to cases pending before the courts in which no final judgment has been rendered as of the date of its entry into force.
- Article 28Law No. 25 of 1971, as amended by Law No. 113 of 1976, and every other provision that conflicts with the provisions of this Law are repealed.