Section 54Part 5 — Dispositions
Meaning of "in repair"
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54. Where an agreement is contained or implied in any lease to keep a building or a particular part of a building in repair, it shall, in the absence of an express provision to the contrary mean in such state of repair as that in which a prudent owner might reasonably be expected to keep his property, due allowance being made for the age, character and locality of the building at the commencement of the lease:
there shall not be read into such an agreement an undertaking to put any building into a better state of repair than that in which it was at the commencement of the lease.
Defined Terms
in repair