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Section 11, The Protectorat~ Land ~~~rt title Ordinance

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The reversion in all fixtures affixed to the land by the Fi~t~res,te t h bmldmgs and nan, w ether fences or of whatever other nature soever, and economic ah! building erected by him thereon, and of all economic trees, trees. 8 ll, whether the tenancies concerned were created before the Removability. Rent. Care in removal. Making good damage. Notice to Tribal Authority. Purchase by Tribal Authority. Compensation for economic trees. Enquiry as to value. Cap. 122] Protectorate Land date of the coming into operation of this Ordinance or not, in the case of a tenant at will, or in the case of a tenant on sufferance, be in the Tribal Authority; but in the case of a tenancy created by lease, in the absence of any agreement to the contrary contained therein- (a) any fixture affixed to the land by the tenant, whether fences or of whatever other nature soever, and any building erected by him thereon which is not so affixed or erected in pursuance of some obligation in that behalf or instead of some fixture or building belonging to the Tribal Authority, shall be the property of and be removable by the tenant before or within two months after the termination of the tenancy: Provided that- (1) before the removal of any fixture or building the tenant shall pay all rent owing by him, and shall pm:tmm/ or satisfy all other his obligations to the Tribal ..n.u:v.u.vJ.J. in respect to the land: (2) in the removal of any fixture or building the tenant shall not do any avoidable damage to any other building or other part of the land: (3) immediately after the removal of any fixture or building the tenant shall make good all damage occasioned to any other building or other part of the land by removal: (4) the tenant shall not remove any fixture or without giving one month's previous notice in writing to the Tribal Authority of his intention to remove it: (5) at any time before the expiration of the notice of intention to remove any fixture or building, the Authority, by notice in writing given by him to the ""''-'"'.u.,u, may elect to purchase any fixture or building the notice of intention to remove and any fixture or thus elected to be purchased shall be left by the tenant, and shall become the property of the Tribal Authority, who shall pay to the tenant the fair value thereof to an incoming tenant of the land; (b) the Tribal Authority shall pay to the tenant the fair value to any incoming tenant of the land of any economic trees which shall have been planted by the tenant; (c) if there is any dispute as to the value of any fixture or building or any economic trees, the District Commissioner Protectorate Land [Cap. 122 11 hold an enquiry and give his decision thereon. If either :~:Tribal Authority or the tenant is dissatisfied with the said decision, there shall he a right of appeal to ~he Provincial Commissioner who shall hold a further enqmry and whose decision shall be final; (d) for the purpose of such enquiry the District Comissioner and the Provincial Commissioner shall have all the ~wers conferred upon the Magistrates' Courts by the Courts brdinance, or any Ordinance .amending or substituted for the same.

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