Section 17(1) reads thus : "On a suit or proceeding being instituted by the landlord on any of the grounds referred to in section 13, the tenant shall, subject to the provisions of sub s (2), within one month of me service of the writ of summons on him deposit in Court or pay to the landlord an amount calculated at the rate of rent at which it.was last paid, for the period for which the tenant may have made default including the period subsequent thereto up to the end of the month previous to that in which the deposit or payment is made together with interest on such amount calculated at the rate of eight and one third per cent, per annum from the date when any such amount was payable up to the date of deposit and shall thereafter continue to deposit or pay, month by month, by the 15th of each succeeding month a sum equivalent to the rent at that rate." Section 17(2) deals with cases where there is a dispute as to the amount of rent payable by the tenant.