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quitting his holding at the determination of a tenancy be deprived of his 
riglit to claim compensation in respect of improvements by reason only that 
such improvements were made during a former tenancy or tenancies, and not 
during the tenancy at the determination of which he is quitting. 
59. Restriction in respect of improvements by tenant about to quit. — 
Subject as in this section mentioned, a tenant shall not be entitled to com- 
pensation in respect of any improvements, other than manures as defined by 
this Act, begun by him, if he holds from year to year, within cue year before 
he quits his holding, or at any time after he has given or received final notice 
to quit, and, if he holds as a lessee, within one year before the expiration of 
his lease. 
A final notice to quit means a- notice to quit which has not been waived or 
withdrawn, but has resulted in the tenant quitting his holding. 
'i he foregoing provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of any 
such improvement as aforesaid — 
(i.) Where a tenant from year to year has begun such improvement 
during the last year of his tenancy, and, in pursuance of a notice to quit 
hereafter given by the landlord, bv.s quitted his holding at the expiration 
of that year ; and 
(2.) Where a tenant, whether a tenant from year to year or a lessee, 
previously to beginning any such improvement, has served notice on his 
landlord of his intention to begm the same, and the landlord has either 
assented or has failed for a month alter the receipt of the notice to 
object to the making of the improvement. 
60. General saving of rights. — Except as in this Act expressed, nothing in 
this Act shall take away, abridge, or prejudicially afiect any power, right, or 
remedy of a landlord, tenant, or other person vested in or exerciseable by him 
by virtue of any other Act or law, or under any custom of the cotmtry, or 
otherwise, in respect of a contract of tenancy or other contract, or of any 
improvements, waste emblements, tillages, away-going crops, fixtures, tax, 
rate, tithe rentcharge, rent, or other thing. 
61. Interpretation. — In this Act — 
" Contract of tenancy " means a letting of or agreement for the letting 
land for a term of years, or for lives, or for lives and years, or from 
year to year : 
A tenancy from year to year under a contract of tenancy current at the 
commencement of the Act shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed 
to continue to be a tenancy under a contract of tenancy current at the 
commencement of this Act until the first day on which either the 
landlord or tenant of such tenancy could, the one by giving notice to 
the other immediately after the commencement of this Act, cause 
such tenancy to determine, and on and after such day as aforesaid 
shall be deemed to be a tenancy under a contract of tenancy beginning 
after the commencement of this Act : 
" Determination of tenancy " means the cesser of a contract of tenancy by 
reason of effiuxion of time, or from any other cause : 
" Landlord " in relation to a holding means any person for the time being 
entitled to receive the rents and profits of any holding : 
" Tenant " means the holder of land under a landlord for a term of years, 
or for lives, or for lives and years, or from year to year : 
" Tenant " includes the executors, administrators, assigns, legatee, devisee, 
or next-of-kin, husband, guardian, committee of the estate or trustees 
in bankruptcy of a tenant, or any person deriving title from a tenant; 
and the right to receive compensation in respect of any improvement 
made by a tenant shall enure to the benefit of such_ executors, 
administrators, assigns, and other persons as aforesaid : 
