CO129-592-23 Future policy- Crown Rents Proclamation 1-8-1945 - 31-8-1945 — Page 7

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Payment when arrears are outstanding.

Payments to the occupying power.

under lease granted by the Crown to produce

to him at a time and place stated in such notice

and, if required, to leave in his custody on

being given a receipt therefor any such receipt

or other document as mentioned in the preceding

sub-section, or the Crown lease, title deeds, or

any other instrument relating tossuch land.

5. (1) Notwithstanding that at the time when

payment is tendered there may remain unpaid any

arrears of Crown rent in respect of the land

to which the tender relates, the Collector may

accept payment of the amount tendered in satis-

faction or part satisfaction of the Crown rent

last accrued due before the date of such tender.

(2) The acceptance of any payment under the

provisions of the preceding sub-section shall not

operate as a bar to the exercise of any rights

of re-entry which may have accrued to the Crown

for any antecedent breach of any covenant in

the Crown lease of the land to which such payment

relates, or for the breach of any condition or

stipulation of any tenancy thereof, or as a bar

to the exercise by the Crown of any remedy for

the non-payment of such arrears as aforesaid

which might have been exercised if such payment

had not been made.

6. If the Collector is satisfied, by the

production of receipts or such other evidence as

he shall, in his discretion, deem sufficient,

that the Crown rent or any part thereof which

accrued due between the 25th December, 1941, and

,194 both dates inclusive, has

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been duly paid to the occupying power, he shall

make a record of such payment and the same shall

be deemed as between the Crown and the owner a

full and sufficient discharge of the rent due to

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