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57° GEORGII III. Cap. 52.

Juſtices might put the Landlord or Landlords, Leſſor or Leſſors, into the Poſſeſſion of the ſaid demiſed Premiſes; and the Leaſe thereof to ſuch Tenant, as to any Demiſe therein contained only, ſhould from thenceforth become void: And whereas it is expedient, for the due Protection of the Intereſt of Landlords, that ſo much of the ſaid Act as requires a Tenant to be in Arrear for One Year's Rent ſhould be altered, and that the Proviſions of the ſaid Act ſhould be extended to Tenancies where no Right of Entry in caſe of Non-payment is reſerved to the Landlord; be it therefore enacted by the King's moſt Excellent Majeſty, by and with the Advice and Conſent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this preſent Parliament aſſembled, and by the Authority of the ſame, That Certain Proviſions of recited Act extended to the Caſe of Tenants in Arrear for One Half Year's Rent inſtead of One Year.from and after the paſſing of this Act of the Proviſions, Powers, and Remedies by the ſaid recited Act given to Leſſors and Landlords in caſe of any Tenant deſerting the demiſed Premiſes, and leaving the ſame uncultivated or unoccupied, ſo as no ſufficient Diſtreſs can be had to countervail the Arrears of Rent, ſhall be extended to the Caſe of Tenants holding any, Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments at a Rack Rent, or where the Rent reſerved ſhall be full Three Fourths of the Yearly Value Year's Rent of the demiſed Premiſes, and who ſhall be in Arrear for One Half Year's Rent (inſtead of for One Year, as in the ſaid recited Act is provided and enacted), and who ſhall hold ſuch Lands and Tenements or Hereditaments under any Demiſe or Agreement either written or verbal, and although no Right or Power of Re-entry be reſerved or given to the Landlord in caſe of Non-payment of Rent, who ſhall be in Arrear for One Half Year's Rent, inſtead of for One Year, as in the ſaid recited Act is provided and enacted.




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