§ 16

Landlords are not permitted to offer tenants payment or any other form of compensation with the purpose of persuading the tenant to terminate the tenancy.

Stk. 2.The tenant may demand that a tenancy terminated as a result of payment made in violation of subsection 1 be reinstated under unchanged terms. Reinstated tenancies are considered to have commenced at the time the terminated tenancy was originally entered into.

Stk. 3.Payments made in violation of subsection 1 cannot be reclaimed.

Stk. 4.Violation of subsection 1 is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 4 months, unless a higher penalty is warranted under other legislation.

Stk. 5.Companies, etc. (legal entities) may be held criminally liable according to the rules in Chapter 5 of the Penal Code.