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LEASES ACT 1850

LEASES ACT 1850 - LONG TITLE

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for
granting Relief against Defects in Leases made under Powers of
Leasing.{1}
[31st May 1850]
1849 c.26

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the last session of Parliament, "for
granting relief against defects in leases made under powers of
leasing in certain cases"; and by another Act of the same session
the operation of the said first-recited Act was suspended until the
first day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty: And Whereas
it is expedient that the said first-recited Act should be amended:

S.1 rep. by SLR 1875

LEASES ACT 1850 - SECT 2
In certain cases acceptance of rent under invalid lease to be
deemed a confirmation of lease.

2. Where, upon or before the acceptance of rent under any such
invalid lease as in the said first-recited Act mentioned, any
receipt, memorandum, or note in writing, confirming such lease, is
signed by the person accepting such rent, or some other person by
him thereunto lawfully authorized, such acceptance shall, as against
the person so accepting such rent, be deemed a confirmation of such
lease.

LEASES ACT 1850 - SECT 3
Where during possession under invalid lease reversioner is able and
willing to confirm such lease without variation, lessee shall accept
such confirmation on request.

3. Where during the continuance of the possession taken under any
such invalid lease as in the said first-recited Act mentioned the
person for the time being entitled (subject to such possession as
aforesaid) to the hereditaments comprised in such lease, or to the
possession or the receipt of the rents and profits thereof, is able
to confirm such lease without variation, the lessee, his heirs,
executors, or administrators (as the case may require,) or any
person who would have been bound by the lease if the same had
been valid, shall, upon the request of the person so able to
confirm the same, be bound to accept a confirmation accordingly; and
such confirmation may be by memorandum or note in writing, signed
by the persons confirming and accepting respectively, or by some
other persons by them respectively thereunto lawfully authorized; and
after confirmation and acceptance of confirmation such lease shall be
valid, and shall be deemed to have had from the granting thereof
the same effect as if the same had been originally valid.

S.4 rep. by SLR 1875