The Agricultural Holdings (England) Act^ 1883. 61 
Section 
, 49. Limitation of costs ia case of distress. 
50. Eepeal of 2 W. and M. c. 5, s. 1, as to appraisement and sale at public 
auction. 
51. Extension of time to replevy at request of tenant, 
52. Bailiffs to be appointed by county court judges. 
TART nr. 
General Provisions. 
Commencement of Act. 
Iloldings to which Act applies. 
Avoidance of Agreement inconsistent with Act. 
Right of tenant in respect of improvement purchased from outgoing 
tenant. 
Compensation under thfs Act to be exclusive. 
Provision as to change of tenancy. 
Restriction in respect of improvements by tenants about to quit. 
General saving of rights. 
Interpretation. 
Repeal of Acts of 1875 and 1876. 
Short title of Act. 
Limits of Act. 
CHAPTER 61. 
An Act for amending the Law relating to Agricultural Holdings in England. 
[25th August 1883.] 
Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in 
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as 
follows : 
PART I. 
Improvements. 
Compensation for Improvements. 
1. General right of tenant to compensation. — Subject as in this Act men- 
tioned, where a tenant has made on his holding any improvement comprised 
in the First Schedule hereto, he shall, on and after the commencement of 
this Act, be entitled on quitting his holding at the determination of a 
tenancy to obtain from the landlord as compensation under this Act for such 
improvement such sum as fairly represents the value of the improvement to 
an incoming tenant : Provided always, that in estimating the value of any 
improvement in the First Schedule hereto there shall not be taken into 
account as part of the improvement made by the tenant what is justly due to 
the inherent capabiHties of the soil. 
As to Improvements executed lefore the Commencement of Act. 
2, Restrictions as to improvements hefore Act. — Compensation under this 
Act shall not be payable in respect of improvements executed before the 
commencement of this Act, with the exceptions following, that — 
(i.) Where a tenant has within ten years before the commencement or 
this Act made an improvement mentioned in the third part of the First 
Schedule hereto, and he is not entitled under any contract, or custom, or 
