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trustees for ecclesiastical or charitable purposes, except 

 with the previous approval in writing of the Charity 

 Commissioners. 



Land in Mortgage. 



Compensation ^q. Where a person occupies land under a contract of 

 when mort- tcuancy with the mortgagor, whether made before or after 

 gageeisin |-}^g passing of this Act, which is not binding on the 



fiossession. r i i i i 



Sec Tenants' mortgagee of such land, then — 



AcHS'"" (^0 ^^^ occupier shall, as against the mortgagee who 

 50 & 51 Vict. takes possession, be entitled to any compensation 



which is, or would but for the mortgagee taking 

 possession be due to the occupier from the mortgagor 

 as respects crops, improvements, tillages, or other 

 matters connected with the land, whether under this 

 Act, or the Market Gardeners' Compensation Act, 

 1895, or the Allotments and Cottage Gardens Com- 

 pensation for Crops Act, 1887, or the custom of the 

 country, or agreements sanctioned by this Act or the 

 last-mentioned Act of 1887. 

 (2.) Any sum ascertained to be due to the occupier for 

 such compensation or for any costs connected there- 

 with may be set off against any rent or other sum due 

 from him in respect of the land, and recovered as 

 compensation under this Act or the said Act of 1887, 

 and may, as against the mortgagee, be recovered as if 

 the mortgagee were the landlord, and any sum so 

 paid by the mortgagee may be added by him to his 

 security. 

 (3.) Before the mortgagee deprives the occupier of 

 possession of the land otherwise than in accordance 

 with the said contract, he shall give to the occupier 

 six months'' notice in writing of his intention so to 

 deprive him, and if he so deprives him compensation 

 shall be due to the occupier for his crops, and for any 

 expenditure upon the land which he has made in the 

 expectation of holding the land for the full term of his 

 contract of tenancy, in so far as any improvement 

 resulting therefrom is not exhausted at the time of his 

 being so deprived, and for any other loss sustained by 

 him by reason of quitting his holding, and such 

 compensation shall be determined in like manner as 



