(1) The manager of a hotel shall not allot any controlled accommodation therein or any part thereof to, or allow the same to be occupied by, any permanent resident but may, subject to the provisions of section 5, allow any temporary resident to stay in such accommodation or in any part thereof for any period not exceeding seven days or for any further period by which the period of stay of such temporary resident may be extended under sub-section (2).
(2) When any temporary resident is taken under sub-section (1) as a resident in any controlled accommodation or part thereof in a hotel for a period not exceeding seven days, the manager of the hotel may, with the previous permission of the ⁴ Director of Estates obtained in writing in accordance with the provisions of this section, extend from time to time the period of stay of such temporary resident as his request by not more than seven days at a time.
(3) The manager of the hotel shall, before he agrees at any time to extend the period of stay of a temporary resident under sub-section (2), apply in writing to the ⁴ Director of Estates for his permission under that sub-section and every such application shall be made not less than three days before the date on which the period of stay of such resident for the extension of which the permission is applied for expires.
(4) On receipt of such application the ⁴ Director of Estates may either grant or refuses to grant such permission and in doing so he shall be solely guided by the requirements of accommodation for Government officers or other persons for whom he is required to fined accommodation, and the order granting or refusing such permission shall be forthwith communicated by the ⁴ Director of Estates to the manager of the hotel.
(5) When the ⁴ Director of Estates refuses to grant permission to the extension of the period of stay of any temporary resident under sub-section (4), such temporary resident shall not stay or be allowed to stay in the controlled accommodation or part thereof, beyond a period of three days from the date on which the order of ⁴ Director of Estates refusing to grant such permission is communicated to the manager of the hotel.