Finance Leasing Act 2000 · As enacted · Part II · Duties of Lessors, LessuEs AND SUPPLIERS
27. Recovery of possession if resistance is nol offered
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A lessor who becomes entitled to recover possession of an equipment under this Act or under a provision of a finance Iease, may ~~
equipment
“equipment” means any tangible asset which has an economically useful life of more than one year and does not include land, any improvements made to land other than fixtures or immovable property attached to land which can be removed from the land without substantial destruction to such fixture or immovable property;
notify such right to the officer-in-charge of the police station for the area within which the equipment is found ;
obtain the assistance of a police officer of that police station to prevent a breach of the peace in the exercise of that right ; and
recover possession of the equipment from the place where it is found, if possession could be obtained without resistance from the person in possession of the equipment or where it is notin the possession of any particular person, without resistance [rom any person.