Where a party to a
residential tenancy agreement pays any amount to the other party under a
mistake of law or fact relating to the agreement, that party may —
(a) upon
application to a competent court, recover that amount from the other party; or
(b) in
the case of payment by the tenant, deduct the amount from rent payable under
the agreement.
[Section 83 amended: No. 50 of 1988 s. 18; No. 59
of 2004 s. 120(1).]