National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 2 · Collection of arrears of rent
98. Right of chargees, lessees, etc., to pay sum demanded
Feedback & supportThe sum demanded by any notice under section 97 may be paid to the Land Administrator within the time specified in the notice by any of the following persons or bodies in addition to the proprietor, that is to say:
Land Administrator
“Land Administrator” means a Land Administrator appointed under section 12, and includes an Assistant Land Administrator appointed thereunder; and, in relation to any land, references to the Land Administrator, or any Assistant Land Administrator, having jurisdiction in the district or subdistrict in which the land is situated;
any person or body having a registered interest affecting the land (including a charge of any lease or sublease thereof);
any person or body having a lien over the land, or over any lease or sublease thereof;
any person or body in occupation of any part thereof under any tenancy exempt from registration which has become protected by an endorsement on the register document of title to the land under section 317; and
any person or body having a claim protected by caveat affecting the land or any interest therein, and accordingly, as soon as may be after the notice is served on the proprietor, the Land Administrator shall cause to be served on every such person or body a copy thereof, to which there shall be appended the additional notice set out in the supplement to
Form 6a.
Any sum paid by a chargee pursuant to subsection (1) shall be added to, and deemed for all the purposes of this Act to form part of, the first payment thereafter falling due to him under the charge.
Any sum so paid by any other person or body—
shall be recoverable from the proprietor by civil action;
may, if paid by a lessee, sublessee or tenant, be recovered alternatively by deduction from any rent then or thereafter payable to him under the lease, sublease or tenancy.
Any lessee, sublessee or tenant who incurs any additional liability, or suffers any deduction, under this section may recover the amount thereof either by civil action against the proprietor or by deduction from any rent then or thereafter payable by him under his lease, sublease or tenancy.
proprietor
“proprietor” means any person or body for the time being registered as the proprietor of any alienated land;