Section 22 of The Rent Restriction Act CAP 296: Removal of furniture by landlord
(1) Where a landlord of any furnished premises wishes to remove the furniture or soft furnishings, or any of them, with which the premises were let, he shall apply to the tribunal for permission so to do.
(2) Upon any application being made under subsection (1), the tribunal may grant the application upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the tribunal may consider reasonable, or may refuse the application.
(3) Where an application under subsection (1) has been granted and the furniture or the soft furnishings or any part thereof with which such premises were let is or are removed by the landlord, the standard rent of the premises shall be reduced—
(a) if the whole of the furniture or the soft furnishings or of both (as the case may be) are removed, by the percentage or by the respective percentages of the value thereof which was or were added to the standard rent in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of "standard rent" in section 3;
(b) if part only of the furniture or the soft furnishings or of both (as the case may be) is removed, by such proportion as the tribunal may think reasonable of the percentage or of the respective percentages of the value thereof as was added to the standard rent in accordance with that paragraph.
(4) In this section, "soft furnishings" includes linen, cutlery, kitchen utensils, glassware and crockery, if any.
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