83Mortgagee or encumbrancee may distrain for arrears of money secured under mortgage or encumbrance

83 Mortgagee or encumbrancee may distrain for arrears of money secured under mortgage or encumbrance

[Section 83 Amended by No. 23 of 2021, s. 71, Applied:01 Jan 2022] When the payment of any money secured by a mortgage or encumbrance has been in arrears for 21 days, and 7 days have elapsed since demand was made for payment, the mortgagee or encumbrancee may distrain on the goods and chattels on the mortgaged or encumbered land, and Part V of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1935 applies as if the mortgagee or encumbrancee were a landlord and the mortgagor or encumbrancer were the mortagee’s or encumbrancee’s tenant.