If, in any proceeding under this Act between a landholder and a tenant in which the payment of rent, sayar or premium is in dispute, the landholder, when ordered by the court to produce the book of receipts with counterfoils which he is required to retain under section 72, fails to produce it, the court may accept the plea of the tenant regarding such payment as correct or may make any presumption against the landholder which it considers reasonable.Open in Lexace · Ask the AI about this section
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