Section 229. Liability of tenant holding over after giving notice of intention to quit  


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  • If a tenant gives notice of his intention to quit the
      premises held by him, and does not accordingly deliver up the possession
      thereof, at the time specified  in  such  notice,  he  or  his  personal
      representatives  must,  so long as he continue in possession, pay to the
      landlord, his  heirs  or  assigns,  double  the  rent  which  he  should
      otherwise  have  paid, to be recovered at the same time, and in the same
      manner, as the single rent.