LIMITATION ACT 2005 - SECT 71
LIMITATION ACT 2005 - SECT 71
71 . Rent wrongly paid
If —
(a) a
tenant is in possession of land under a lease for a term reserving a rent
amounting to a yearly sum of not less than $2.00;
(b) the
rent is received by a person wrongfully claiming to be entitled to the land
subject to the lease; and
(c) no
rent is afterwards received by the landlord and in consequence the lease can
be determined,
the cause of action of
the landlord to recover the land from a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or
(b) or from a person claiming under such a person accrues at the earliest time
when the lease can be determined.