Tenant making payment of rent entitled to receipt.

(1) Every tenant who makes payment on account of rent to his landlord shall be entitled to obtain forthwith from the landlord a receipt in the prescribed form for the amount of rent paid by him duly signed by the landlord or his appointed agent. (2) lf a landlord, without reasonable cause fails to deliver the tenant a receipt as required by sub-seclion (1). such landlord shall be liable to fine not exceedino double the amount of rent so oaid to be impos5d after summary enquiry by'the Controller upon a complaint ol the party aggrieved wrthin three months trom the date of such failure.