Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1923

Restriction on levy of distress for rent.

5. No distress for the rent of any dwelling-house to which this Act applies shall be levied except with the leave of the Court, and the Court shall, with respect to any application for such leave, have the same or similar powers with respect to adjournment, stay, suspension, postponement and otherwise as are conferred by this Act in relation to applications for the recovery of possession.