Specific Relief Act 1950 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Chapter I
7. Recovery of specific immovable property
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A person entitled to possess specific immovable property may recover it as civil procedure law sets out. If a tenancy has ended but the occupier stays on, the person entitled to possession may recover the property only through court proceedings. An occupier here means anyone lawfully occupying the property when the tenancy ended.
Summary · Drafted with AI, checked against the official text on 30 Sep 2026.
Subject to subsection (2), a person entitled to the possession of specific immovable property may recover it in the manner prescribed by the law relating to civil procedure.
Where a specific immovable property has been let under a tenancy, and that tenancy is determined or has come to an end, but the occupier continues to remain in occupation of the property or part thereof, the person entitled to the possession of the property shall not enforce his right to recover it against the occupier otherwise than by proceedings in the court.
In subsection (2) “occupier” means any person lawfully in occupation of the property or part thereof at the termination of the tenancy.
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