(1) A person shall not, as a condition of the grant, renewal, or continuance of a lease of any premises to which this Act applies, not being a tenancy under a lease, or a renewal or continuance of a lease, for a term of 25 years or more, require the payment of any fine, premium, or other like sum, or the giving of any consideration in addition to the rent, and where any such payment or consideration is paid after 1 August 1944, the amount or value is recoverable by the person by whom it was made or given or his or her personal representatives.