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Notice to be given to Owner of Application for Order Absolute.
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XLVII. No Provisional Order under this Act shall be made absolute by any Chairman, unless the Owner for the Time being whose Lands are proposed to be charged thereby or some Person duly authorized on his Behalf appears before him, or Proof is given to the Chairman that Fourteen Days previous Notice at the least of the Intention of the Tenant to make the Application for an Order Absolute has been served on such Owner or his Agent in manner in which Notices are hereby required to be served, and the Chairman shall hear such Owner or any other Person appearing on his Behalf, and contending that the Tenant is indebted to him for Arrears of Rent or Taxes or in respect of a Breach of Contract, or of the not having maintained in a proper State, of Repair the Improvements for which he claims the Annuity, and any Sums in which the Tenant may be so proved to be indebted to the Owner shall be set off against the Annuity payable to the Tenant, and the Chairman in making the Order Absolute shall specify how such Set-off is to be carried into effect, and what Abatement is to be made in the Annuity on account of such Debts.
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