Deserted Tenements Act
Made 1817 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Act
- Organisation
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
- Country
- Bahamas
- Subjects
- Land and soil
- Keywords
- land tenure, lease, abandoned land/unoccupied land, agricultural land, contracts
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DESERTED TENEMENTS [CH.166 – 1 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS DESERTED TENEMENTS CHAPTER 166 DESERTED TENEMENTS ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION Short title. Certain Provisions of recited Act extended to the Case of Tenants in arrears for One Half Year’s rent instead of One Year. DESERTED TENEMENTS [CH.166 – 3 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– [Original Service 2001] STATUTE LAW OF THE BAHAMAS CHAPTER 166 DESERTED TENEMENTS An Act to alter an Act passed in the eleventh year of the reign of King George the Second, for the more effectual securing the payment of rents, and preventing frauds by tenants. [Commencement 27th June, 1817] [This Act may be cited as the Deserted Tenements Act.] [Recites 11 Geo. 2, c. 19, chapter 165 of this Edition.] The Provisions, Powers, and Remedies by the said recited Act given to Lessors and Landlords in case of any Tenant deserting the demised Premises, and leaving the same uncultivated or unoccupied, so as no sufficient Distress can be had to countervail the Arrears of Rent, shall be extended to the Case of Tenants holding any Lands, Tenements, or Hereditaments at a Rack Rent, or where the Rent reserved shall be full Three-fourths of the yearly Value of the demised Premises and who shall be in arrear for One Half Year’s Rent (instead of for One Year, as in the said recited Act is provided and enacted), and who shall hold such Lands and Tenements or Heredita ments under any Demise or Agreement either written or verbal, and although no Right or Power of Re-entry be reserved or given to the Landlord in case of Non-Payment of Rent, who shall be in arrear for One Half Year’s Rent, instead of for One Year, as in the said recited Act is provided and enacted. 57 Geo. 3, c. 52 extended by 10 of 1872 Short title. Certain Provisions of recited Act extended to the Case of Tenants in arrears for One Half Year’s rent instead of One Year.