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Declaration to be made by lord or steward.
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32. Previously to any enfranchisement by award or deed under the Copyhold Acts the Commissioners, if they see fit, may require the lord or steward of any manor to make a declaration in such form as they shall direct, stating who are the persons for the time being filling the character or acting in the capacity of lord, and it shall be lawful for the Commissioners to accept such declaration for the purposes of the Copyhold Acts; but if the Commissioners shall consider that such evidence does not fully and truly disclose all such particulars as are necessary, or if no such declaration shall be made, or if the lord shall refuse or decline to give such evidence as they shall deem proper and necessary to show a satisfactory primâ facie title in the lord, then, if they think the justice of the case requires it, they may direct that the compensation for enfranchisement, when a gross sum of money, shall be paid into court in the manner prescribed by the High Court Funds Rules.
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