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Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884
84LPower of Court to order partition, &c., of chattels
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### 84L Power of Court to order partition, &c., of chattels
> *\[Section 84L Inserted by No. 78 of 1985, s. 2 \]*
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> > (1) Where any chattel or chattels belong to 2 or more persons jointly or in undivided shares, any such person or persons may apply to the Court for an order under this section.
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> > (2) On an application under this section, the Court may order –
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> > > > (a) that the chattels in respect of which the application is made, or any one or more of them, be sold and the proceeds of sale be distributed among the persons entitled to those chattels in accordance with their interests in the chattels;
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> > > > (b) that the chattels or some of them in respect of which the application is made be divided among the persons entitled to them; or
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> > > > (c) that one or more of those chattels be sold and that the others be divided among the persons entitled to them –
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> > and may make such other orders and give such consequential directions as the Court thinks fit.