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Section 79, The Local Government Act, 2004
Status not yet checkedThe Local Government Act, 2004, Sierra Leone
(1) If the bailiff, acting under section 78 finds no moveableproperty or if the amount realised from the sale is insufficient, the
Chairperson shall issue another warrant requiring the bailiff to demand
payment from the occupier of the building of the amount stated in the
warrant and in default of payment of the amount by the occupier
within twenty days to levy the amount on the moveable property of
the occupier.
(2) The warrant shall be in the Form 2 of the Fifth Schedule.
(3) An occupier may deduct any money paid by him under
subsection (1) from the amount of rent payable by him to the owner
and if a levy is made on his moveable property, he may also deduct
the amount of the levy from the rent.
(4) Where there is an existing contract, whether verbal
or written, between the owner and occupier that the occupier shall
pay the approved rate and the owner pays all or any part of the rate,
the owner may increase the rent by the amount of the rate paid by him
or if he thinks fit, to sue the occupier for the amount paid by him.
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