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Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1884
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[Section 91A Inserted by No. 2 of 1978, s. 2 ]
(1) Except as against a person holding a prior particular estate, a person who holds an estate or interest in reversion or remainder or any other future estate or interest in any land may exercise the like rights to the possession of the land as if his estate or interest were an estate or interest in possession; but he is not entitled to take action in court for the recovery of the land unless the court is satisfied that the holder of the estate or interest in possession entitled to take the like action has, on being requested to do so, refused or failed to do so or cannot, after reasonable inquiry, be found.
(2) A person who recovers possession pursuant to subsection (1) shall hold the land in trust for the person beneficially entitled to the prior particular estate but shall not be accountable for rents and profits or for waste other than equitable waste.
(3) A person holding an estate or interest in reversion or remainder or any other future estate or interest in any land may, with the leave of the court, intervene in any action for the recovery of the land.