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and plus insurance of any buildings, and plus an amount estimated to be the annual depreciation in value of the buildings, if such depreciation diminishes their letting value, and plus such amount (if any) as the court may deem proper to he allowed for the estimated time per year when the dwelling-house may he untenanted:

Provided that, excepting where circumstances which render an increase equitable are proved to the satisfaction of the court, the fair rent shall not exceed the rent at which the dwelling was let on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

10. Where a dwelling-house is occupied by two or more separate lessees, the court shall determine the fair rent of the whole, and then determine the proportion of such fair rent which it shall deem to be the fair rent of the portion of the dwelling-house of the lessee making the application.

11. If any applicant being a lessee duly pays the rent of the dwelling-house leased by him, and otherwise performs the conditions of his lease, the lessor shall not demand any increased rent or give any notice or take any proceedings to terminate the tenancy during the pendency of the application nor for three months thereafter without reasonable cause.

12. In any case where the applicant is the lessee of a dwelling-house and furniture, the court shall determine the fair rent of the dwelling-house irrespective of the furniture, and shall also determine in its discretion the amount of rent to he paid for the furniture.

Duration and effect of determination. 13. The determination of the court, except as hereinafter provided, shall remain in force for such period, not less than six months nor more than three years after such determination as may he therein mentioned; but, if no period is mentioned, it shall remain in force for three years after such determination. Such determination while in force shall apply to any lease of the dwelling-house then current, and to the lessor and lessee thereof, notwithstanding any change of ownership or tenancy. Rh