Copyhold Act 1852

For effecting Enfranchisement after next Admittance.

I. At any Time after the next Admittance to any Lands which shall take place on or after the First Day of July One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in consequence of any Surrender, Bargain and Sale, or Assurance thereof (except upon or under a Mortgage in Cases where the Mortgagee is not in possession), or in consequence of any Descent, Gift, or Devise, and whether such Surrender, Bargain and Sale, or Assurance shall have been made, passed, or executed, or such Descent shall happen, or such Gift or Devise shall take effect before or after that Day, it shall be lawful for the Tenant, so admitted or for the Lord to require and compel Enfranchisement in manner herein-after mentioned of the Lands to which there shall have been such Admittance as aforesaid; provided that no such Tenant shall be entitled to require such Enfranchisement until after Payment or Tender of the Fine or Fines and of the Fees consequent on such Admittance: Provided also, that if from any Cause such Enfranchisement shall not take place until some Event shall have happened which may require a second or any subsequent Admittance, such second or subsequent Admittance shall be made, with all the Rights incident thereto, as if this Act had not passed, and it shall be competent for the Lord or Tenant to require and compel Enfranchisement upon or after such second or subsequent Admittance in the Manner hereby provided for Enfranchisement upon the next Admittance.