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WORKER'S LIENS ACT 1893 - SECT 19

19—Enforcement of lien on goods under section 4(2)

        (1)         Any person entitled to a lien under section 4 subsection (2) hereof may give to the owner or occupier, his manager, or overseer, or leave for him at his residence or place of business, or may send to him by registered letter to his last known address, a notice in writing, demanding payment of the wages due to him, and stating the amount thereof and the nature of the claim; and from the giving or leaving of such notice such goods shall not be removed by the owner or occupier, or any person on his behalf, from the land until the wages of such person, to the extent of his lien, have been paid, or an agreement permitting the removal of the goods shall have been made.

        (2)         Every such person shall, within fourteen days after giving or leaving such notice, commence an action to enforce his lien, otherwise such lien shall cease.



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