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PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 - SECT 27

Penalty for holding over by life tenant

27 Penalty for holding over by life tenant

Where any tenant for life or lives or person who is in or comes into possession of any land by, from or under or by collusion with such tenant, wilfully holds over any land after—

(a) termination of the tenancy; and
(b) after demand has been made and notice in writing given for the delivery of possession of the land by the person to whom the remainder or reversion of such land belongs or the person’s agent lawfully authorised;
then, the person so holding over shall, for and during the time the person so holds over or keeps the person entitled out of possession of the land, be liable to the person kept out of possession at the rate of double the yearly value of the land so detained for as long as the land shall have been so detained, to be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.



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