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Permissive registration of improvements.
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6. Any landlord or tenant who may be desirous of preserving evidence of any improvements made by himself or by his predecessors in title before or after the passing of this Act may at any time (subject to the provisions herein-after contained) file a schedule in the Landed Estates Court specifying such improvements, and claiming the same as made by himself or his predecessors in title, and such schedule so filed shall be primâ facie evidence that such improvements were made as therein mentioned: Provided always, that notice in writing of the intention to file such schedule, together with a copy thereof, shall be given by the landlord to the tenant for the time being of the holding on which such improvements shall have been made (or by the tenant to the landlord, as the case may be,) within the prescribed time before applying to the Landed Estates Court to file the same; and if the person receiving such notice shall dispute the claim made by such schedule, either wholly or in part, he shall be at liberty within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner to apply to the Civil Bill Court to determine the matter in difference, and in such case such schedule shall not be filed unless or until leave shall have been given to file the same either in its original or in any amended form by the Civil Bill Court; provided also, that before filing any such schedule proof shall be made in the Landed Estates Court by statutory declaration that the notice hereby required has been duly given, and that no application has been made within the prescribed time by the party receiving such notice to the Civil Bill Court, or (if any such application has been made) that leave has been given by the Civil Bill Court to file such schedule.
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