Jersey Law 9/1998

ROYAL COURT (POSSESSION ORDERS) (JERSEY) LAW 1998

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A LAW   to empower the Royal Court to make orders for possession of certain immovables, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council of the

18th day of MARCH 1998

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(Registered on the 3rd day of April 1998)

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STATES OF JERSEY

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The 9th day of December 1997

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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –

ARTICLE 1

(1)           Notwithstanding the provisions of the Loi (1946) concernant l’expulsion des locataires réfractaires, as amended1 (hereinafter referred to as “the Law of 1946”), where the Royal Court –

(a)     is exercising its jurisdiction in proceedings for the cancellation (résolution) of a contract of lease of an immovable; and

(b)     orders the cancellation of that lease,

it shall have the power to make an order for possession of the immovable.

(2)           The power in paragraph (1) of this Article may be exercised to grant –

(a)     immediate possession of the immovable; or

(b)     possession at a later date of the immovable,

in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (3A) of Article 3 of the Law of 1946 as if the provisions thereof applied to the Royal Court.

ARTICLE 2

This Law may be cited as the Royal Court (Possession Orders) (Jersey) Law 1998.

G.H.C. COPPOCK

Greffier of the States.