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Consent of lessor who cannot be found.
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59.—Where a lease (whether made before or after the passing of this Act) of a tenement contains a covenant, condition or agreement prohibiting or restricting the doing by the lessee of any particular thing without the licence or consent of the lessor, and the rent reserved by such lease has not been paid for five or more years, and the lessor is not known to and cannot be found by the lessee, the Court may, on the application of the lessee and after the publication of such (if any) advertisements as the Court shall direct and if, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the Court thinks fit so to do, authorise the lessee, subject to such (if any) conditions as the Court shall think fit to impose, to do the particular thing so prohibited or restricted by such covenant, condition or agreement, and thereupon it shall be lawful for the lessee to do such particular thing without the licence or consent of the lessor, but subject to and in accordance with the conditions (if any) imposed by the Court.
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