Section 16 Recovery of Premises Act 1945

Section 16 Recovery of Premises Act 1945 is about Court may hear counter-claim with claim to recover the land. It provides as follows:

A tenant may at any time make any claim, or counter-claim before a court against the landlord in respect of any unexhausted improvement, and the court may, if it thinks it expedient, hear and determine any counter-claim, together with any claim to recover possession of the holding in respect of which the counter-claim is made provided that-

(a) in the case of a counter-claim, notice in writing of the particulars of the counter-claim shall be given to the landlord three clear days before the day fixed for the hearing of the claim to recover possession, and

(b) the court at the hearing shall have power to enlarge the time for the delivery of the notice, or for the hearing of the counter-claim.

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