Landlord and Tenant (Ireland) Act, 1870

Power of Board to commute and compromise.

52. Where any person is entitled to receive any principal moneys in pursuance of the sale of any holding made by them in pursuance of this Act, the Board may, on the application of such person, commute such principal moneys for the payment of an annuity of equivalent value, the value of money being reckoned at three pounds ten shillings per cent. per annum; and where any such person as aforesaid is entitled to the payment of a sum annually, the Board may commute the same for the payment of a principal sum of equivalent value, the value of money being reckoned at three pounds ten shillings per cent. per annum.

The Board may also, with the assent of the claimant, compromise by the payment of any principal or annual sum any postponed contingent or doubtful or other claim of any person to any share or interest in the purchase money arising from the sale of any holding under this Act.