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LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT 1936 - SECT 17

17—Distress for rent

        (1)         Every person making a distress for rent shall do so between the hours of six in the morning and six in the afternoon.

        (2)         Every person making a distress for rent shall forthwith make out a written inventory of the goods distrained in the form in Schedule 2, or in a form to the like effect.

        (3)         The inventory shall be dated on the day of the distress, and shall be signed by the person making the distress, who shall thereupon deliver a copy thereof to the immediate tenant, or some person residing on the premises where the distress is levied.

        (4)         If there is no person residing on the said premises with whom the copy can be left, the person distraining shall nail or affix the copy on some conspicuous part of those premises, and a copy of the affixed notice shall be posted to the tenant's last known address.



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