Fixation of rates

The prescribed authority may, in consultation with the committee to be constituted in the prescribed manner,—

1. (a) fix the reasonable maximum rates and service-charges, if any, commensurate with the standard of the hotel and quality of food, accommodation and service, which may be charged by the hotel-keeper during "season" and "off-season" periods for lodge from persons staying therein or from other customers: Provided that the rates for lodging shall be fixed with reference to each room or specified accommodation and the number of the lodgers to be accommodated;
2. (b) fix the percentage of accommodation of daily and monthly lodgers in a hotel;
3. (c) fix the number of lodgers to be accommodated in each room or in the specified accommodation in the hotel;
4. (d) fix fair rates separately for daily and monthly lodgers. Explanation.—For the purposes of this Chapter, a lodger who agrees to reserve accommodation in a hotel for a period of less than a month shall be deemed to be a daily lodger.