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s.101
Case of deserted premises, where no distress left
If a tenant of premises with a rateable value not exceeding $100,000 at the
time of an application for a warrant under this section is in arrears for 2 months
and deserts the demised premises and leaves the same uncultivated or unoccupied, so
as no sufficient distress can be had to countervail the arrears of rent, the court
may, on the application of the lessor or landlord or his agent and on information
upon oath, issue its warrant authorizing any bailiff to enter on the premises,
breaking any doors, windows, or
gates, if
necessary; and, if the premises are found to be
deserted with no sufficient distress therein, to place the same in charge of a
bailiff and to affix a notice thereon, in a conspicuous place, that, unless cause to
the contrary is shown before the court within 10 days, the premises will be given
over to the applicant.
(Amended
37 of 1986 s. 6
;
32 of 2002 s. 5
)