Section 10: Controller to fix fair rates.―(1) The Controller may fix fair rates to be charged for

10. Controller to fix fair rates.―(1) The Controller may fix fair rates to be charged for board, lodging and other service provided in a hotel at such amount as, having regard to the prescribed principles governing fair rates and the classification of hotels, he deems just. (2) The Controller may either fix a consolidated rate for lodging, board and service, or for lodging and service only or fair rates separately for― (a) lodging with reference to the nature of the accommodation and the number of guests to be accommodated ; (b) board, partial or full ; and (c) other service. (3) Fair rates may be fixed separately for daily and monthly guests. Explanation.― A guest who agrees to reserve accommodation, or for whom accommodation is reserved, for a period of one month or more shall be deemed to be a monthly guest, provided he actually stays for one month or more or has actually paid in advance for one month ; and where the reservation is not for any specified period or is for a period less than a month, the guest shall be deemed to be a daily guest. (4) The Controller may fix fair rates to be charged for board and other service provided in a restaurant at such amount, as having regard to the prescribed principles governing fair rates and to all the circumstances, he deems just. (5) The Controller may from time to time revise the fair rates fixed by him under this section. (6) An order fixing or revising fair rates shall take effect on the first day of such month following the month in which the order is made as may be specified therein. (7) Until such time as fair rates are fixed in relation to any hotel or restaurant under this section, the rate, if any, charged by such hotel or restaurant, immediately before this Act becomes applicable to it, for equivalent lodging, board or service to that provided, shall be deemed to be the fair rates fixed under this section.

Effective date: 1976-01-01

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