437. If any property-owner refuse or neglect to do the work necessary for the supply of water to any house occupied by a tenant, and the council exacts payment of the water-rate from the tenant, such tenant may withhold from the owner, out of the rents to be paid him for the property he occupies, the amount thus paid by him to the municipality, unless otherwise provided in the lease.
R. S. 1964, c. 193, s. 447.