(a) unless the said person neglects or refuses at the request of the Commissioner truly to disclose the amount of the rent payable by him in respect of the said building or premises and the name and address of the person to whom the same is payable, the said person shall not be liable to pay on account of the said expenses any larger sum than, upto the time of demand, is payable by him to the owner on account of rent of the said building, land or premises, but it shall rest upon the said person to prove that the amount of the expenses demanded of him is in excess of the sum payable by him to the owner;
(b) the said persons shall be entitled to credit in account with the owner for any sum paid by or recovered from him on account of the said expenses;
(c) nothing in this section shall affect any agreement made between the said person and the owner of the building, land or premises in his occupation respecting the payment of the expenses of any such work, thing or measured as aforesaid.
Section 440 • The Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
440. If defaulter is owner of premises in respect of which expenses are payable, occupier to be also liable for payment thereof.
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Section 440
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