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Tenant or Lord of certain Copyhold Land may compel Enfranchisement.
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VI. Notwithstanding the First Section of “The Copyhold Act, 1852,” it shall be lawful, from and after the passing of this Act, for any Tenant or Lord of any Copyhold Lands to which the last Admittance shall have taken place before the First ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, or of any Freehold or Customary Freehold Lands in respect of which the last Heriot shall have become due or payable before the First ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, to require and compel Enfranchisement of the said Lands in the Manner herein and in the said Act mentioned; Provided always, that no such Tenant shall be entitled to require such Enfranchisement until after Payment or Tender (in the Case of Copyhold Lands) of such a Fine, and of the Value of such a Heriot, and in the Case of Freehold and Customary Freehold Lands of the Value of such a Heriot as would become due or payable in the event of Admittance or Death subsequent to the First ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and also, in the Case both of Copyhold and of Freehold or Customary Freehold Lands, of Two Thirds of such a Sum as the Steward would have been entitled to for Fees in respect of such Admittance or Heriot.
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