Section 400
Leaving Rented House
(1) A tenant may leave the rented house
prior to the expiration of the period of rent in any of the following
circumstances:
(a) If the house owner fails to perform his or her
obligations pursuant to Section 389,
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(b) If the tenant no longer needs the house for the purpose
for which he or she rented it,
(c) If the house owner does any act in contravention of the
agreement or this Chapter.
(2) If the tenant is to leave the house in the circumstance
referred to in clause (b) of sub-section (1), except as otherwise
provided in the agreement, the tenant shall give a notice in writing
to the house-owner in advance of at least thirty-five days.
(3) If the tenant leaves the house without giving a notice
pursuant to sub-section (2), the house-owner shall be entitled to
deduct the rent for that period from the rent, if any, paid in advance
by the tenant and to recover the same from the tenant, failing such
advance payment.