CCQ-1991 - Civil Code of Québec

Section 1896 Disposition versions

2024-02-21

1896. At the time of entering into a lease, the lessor shall give a notice to the new lessee, indicating the lowest rent paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease or the rent fixed by the court during the same period, as the case may be, and containing any other particular prescribed by the regulations of the Government. Where no rent has been paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease, the notice shall indicate the last rent paid and the date of the payment. If the notice contains a misrepresentation or the lessor knowingly fails to give notice, the lessee may demand that the lessor be condemned to pay punitive damages.

The lessor is not bound to give the notice in the case of the lease of an immovable referred to in articles 1955 to 1956.

1991, c. 64, a. 1896; 2019, c. 28, s. 148; 2022, c. 25, s. 1; 2024, c. 2, s. 3.

2022-06-10

1896. At the time of entering into a lease, the lessor shall give a notice to the new lessee, indicating the lowest rent paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease or the rent fixed by the court during the same period, as the case may be, and containing any other particular prescribed by the regulations of the Government. Where no rent has been paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease, the notice shall indicate the last rent paid and the date of the payment.

The lessor is not bound to give the notice in the case of the lease of an immovable referred to in articles 1955 to 1956.

1991, c. 64, a. 1896; 2019, c. 28, s. 148; 2022, c. 25, s. 1.

2021-07-21

1896. At the time of entering into a lease, the lessor shall give a notice to the new lessee, indicating the lowest rent paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease or the rent fixed by the court during the same period, as the case may be, and containing any other particular prescribed by the regulations of the Government. Where no rent has been paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease, the notice shall indicate the last rent paid and the date of the payment.

The lessor is not bound to give the notice in the case of the lease of an immovable referred to in articles 1955 and 1956.

1991, c. 64, a. 1896; 2019, c. 28, s. 148.

1994-01-01

1896. At the time of entering into a lease, the lessor shall give a notice to the new lessee, indicating the lowest rent paid in the 12 months preceding the beginning of the lease or the rent fixed by the court during the same period, as the case may be, and containing any other particular prescribed by the regulations of the Government.

The lessor is not bound to give the notice in the case of the lease of an immovable referred to in articles 1955 and 1956.

1991, c. 64, a. 1896.