Section 5. Payment and remittance of rent by tenant

(1) Unless agreed othervise every tenant shall pay the rent by the fifteenth day of the month next following the month for which the rent is payable. (2) Every tenant who makes a payment on account of rent shall be entitled to obtain a receipt of the amount paid duly signed by the landlord or his duly authorised agent. (3) A tenant may make payment to the landlord or his duly authorised agent, by the any of the following methods:- a. by personal payment, by cash, by Cheque or Bank Draft, or b. by payment in the bank account as may be specified by the landlord,or c. by remitting through postal money order. (4) The landlord shall disclose to the tenant his bank account number and name of the bank in the same municipal area, in the rent agreement or by a notice sent to him by registered post, acknowledgement due.