24On determination of leases or tenancies under tenant for life, &c., instead of emblements tenant to hold until expiration of current year, &c.

24 On determination of leases or tenancies under tenant for life, &c., instead of emblements tenant to hold until expiration of current year, &c.

Where the lease or tenancy of any farm or lands held by a tenant at rack rent determines by the death or cesser of the estate of any landlord entitled for his life or for any other uncertain interest –

(a) instead of making or having any claim to emblements, the tenant shall continue to hold and occupy such farm or lands until the expiration of the then current year of histenancy, and shall then quit, upon the terms of his lease or holding, in the same manner as if such lease or tenancy were then determined by effluxion of time or other lawful means during the continuance of his landlord's estate;

(b) the succeeding landlord or owner shall be entitled to recover and receive of the tenant, in the same manner as his predecessor or such tenant's lessor could have done, if he had been living or had continued the landlord or lessor, a fair proportion of the rent for the period which may have elapsed from the day of the death or cesser of the estate of such predecessor or lessor to the time of the tenant so quitting;

(c) the succeeding landlord or owner and the tenant respectively shall, as between themselves and as against each other, be entitled to all the benefits and advantages, and be subject to the terms, conditions, and restrictions to which the preceding landlord or lessor and such tenant respectively would have been entitled and subject in case the lease or tenancy had determined in manner aforesaid at the expiration of such current year; and

(d) no notice to quit shall be necessary or required by or from either party to determine any such holding and occupation as aforesaid.