Section 17 Rent Control and Recovery of Residential Premises Law

Section 17 of the Rent Control and Recovery of Residential Premises Law of Lagos State 1997 is about Landlord may claim for mesne profits. It provides as follows:

The landlord may, in his writ or plaint for the recovery of any premises or in answer to any claim or counter-claim made in respect of any unexhausted improvements as hereinafter provided, claim to recover, or to set off rent or mesne profits or both, accruing in respect of such premises between the date of expiration of the tenancy and the date appointed for hearing or to any subsequent date named in the claim.