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Execution against buildings

Cap. 97, s. 54 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) For the purpose of executing any process of execution issuing out of the court under the provisions of this Act, every 26 house or other building belonging to the owner of the land on which it stands shall be dealt with as real property and be leviable accordingly, and where any house or other building is on leased land, the estate of the owner of the house or other building in and to the land comprised within the lease shall be sold, together with the house or other building, and it shall be dealt with as real property. (2) In such case any rent reserved by the lease and remaining unpaid for a period not exceeding six months prior to the date of sale shall be a first charge on the proceeds of the sale next after the costs of, and incidental to, the sale have been satisfied. levy.
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