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Section 102, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or

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(1) If the bailiff, acting as aforesaid, finds no goods orif the amount realised by any sale as aforesaid is insufficient, the President is hereby empowered and required to issue a warrant under his hand and the common seal of the Rural Area Council directed to the bailiff, requiring and commanding him to demand from the occupier payment of the amount thereinafter mentioned, and, in default of payment of such amount by the occupier, within fourteen days, to levy the said amount on the goods and chattels of such occupier in the like manner as is provided herein for levying on the goods and chattels of a defaulting owner. (2) Within fourteen days after demand as aforesaid by the bailiff, the occupier shall pay to the bailiff the amount due for the rate in respect of the premises occupied by him, but shall not be liable for any poundage, or other costs of levy upon the goods of the owner. (3) An occupier may deduct any sum paid to him as aforesaid before payment of rent to the owner, and, should a levy have been made on the goods and chattels of such occupier, he may alRo deduct from such rent the poundage and costs of the levy. (4) Where there is an existing contract, verbal or written, between the owner and the occupier that the occupier shall pay the rate, and the owner becomes liable for payment thereof under the provisions of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the owner to increase the rent by the amount for which he has so become liable, or, if he thinks fit, to sue the occupier or his executors, administrators or assigns for the same.

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