ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1883 . 1669
Distraints for Rent.
or lease had not been en led or determined ; provided that such distress
be made during the continuance of the possession of the tenant from whom
such arrears became due.
30. No personal property shall be removed from any premises Writs in
Crown suits
under any writ from any Court other than writs in Crown suits , till the and distress
to have
claim for rent due to the landlord or lessor or person entitled to receive precedence.
the rent, is satisfied ; provided that such claim shall not in any case
exceed the amount due for six months ' rent last due.
31. If personal property , otherwise liable to distress for rent, shall , Property
seized under
writ or
at the time of the issue of any distress warrant, or thereafter before
warrant of
seizure by the bailiff under such warrant be seized under any writ or Supreme
Court.
warrant of the Supreme Court, the said bailiff shall not seize such personal
property, but shall return the warrant into Court and deliver copies.
thereof to the execution creditor or his agent and to the debtor either
personally or by leaving the same at the place where the goods were
seized , and such execution creditor or debtor or either of them may apply
to the Court to discharge or suspend the warrant within the time and
in the manner mentioned in section 20 , and should no such application
be made within the said time, the Registrar shall , out of the first money
to be received by him from the officer executing such writ or warrant ,
pay over to the person obtaining such distress warrant the amount
thereof, provided that if the amount mentioned in the warrant of distress
shall exceed the amount due for six months rent, the Registrar shall pay
the amount of rent due for six months and the costs and no more .
32. If any execution shall be paid off after issue of a warrant of If execution
satisfied,
distress
distress , the bailiff shall immediately execute the warrant of distress.
warrant may
be executed.
33. The following persons may , personally or by their attorneys Persons
allowed to
or agents, apply for warrants to distrain for arrears of rent due to the apply for
distraint.
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estates represented by them , that is to say :
Executors or administrators of any lessor or landlord or person
entitled to receive rents ;
Guardians for infants , committees of lunatics for the lunatics ;
Receivers appointed by Courts for the estate over or for which
they are appointed ;