Section 67:
Apportionment of liability for property tax when the premises are let or sub-let.
(1) If any
land or building assessed to property tax is let, and its rateable value exceeds the amount of rent payable
in respect thereof to the person upon whom under the provision of section 66 the said tax is leviable, that
person shall be entitled to receive from his tenant the difference between the amount of the property tax
levied upon him and the amount which would be leviable upon him if the said tax was calculated on the
amount of rent payable to him.
(2) If the land or building is sub-let and its rateable value exceeds the amount of rent payable in
respect thereof to the tenant by his sub-tenant, or the amount of rent payable in respect thereof to a
sub-tenant by the person holding under the sub-tenant, the tenant shall be entitled to receive from his
sub-tenant or the sub-tenant shall be entitled to receive from the person holding under him, as the case
may be, the difference between any sum recovered under this section from such tenant or sub-tenant and
the amount of property tax which would be liable in respect of the said land or building if the rateable
value thereof were equal to the difference between the amount of rent which such tenant or sub-tenant
receives and the amount of rent which he pays.
(3) Any person entitled to receive any sum under this section shall have, for the recovery thereof, the
same rights and remedies as if such sum were rent payable to him by the person from whom he is entitled
to receive the same.