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Notice of eviction to be given to occupier of a dwelling.
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5. In case there shall be upon any land of which possession is to be delivered up or taken under such writ, decree, order, or process as aforesaid, any inhabited dwelling house, or building used as a dwelling house, the occupier of which shall not have received notice as a tenant for the determination of his tenancy, or shall not have been served with notice of the action, civil bill, or other proceeding, in which such writ, decree, order or process shall have been sued out, such occupier of every such inhabited dwelling house or building as aforesaid shall be served with notice in writing of the intention to execute such writ, decree, order, or process, not less than seven days before the same shall be executed, and such notice may be served by delivering the same to such occupier, or by leaving such notice at such dwelling house or other building, or affixing the same to some conspicuous part of such dwelling house or other building: Provided always, that it shall not be necessary to name in such notice as aforesaid the occupier to or for whom such notice shall be delivered, left, or affixed, or to serve any such notice on any occupier who shall have become such occupier less than twenty-one days before the execution of such writ, decree, order, or other process.
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