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CHAPTER V OF LEASES OF IMMOVEABLE PROPERTY · A.—Rights and liabilities of the lessor. B.—Rights and liabilities of the lessee

Section 113: Waiver of notice to quit

The Transfer of Property Act, 1882

A notice given under section 111, clause (h), is waived, with the express or implied consent of the person to whom it is given, by any act on the part of the person giving it showing an intention to treat the lease as subsisting.

Illustrations

(a) A, the lessor, gives B, the lessee, notice to quit the property leased. The notice expires. B tenders, and A accepts, rent which has become due in respect of the property since the expiration of the notice. The notice is waived.

(b) A, the lessor, gives B, the lessee, notice to quit the property leased. The notice expires, and B remains in possession. A gives to B as lessee a second notice to quit. The first notice is waived.

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