Cap. 16 ст. 1530Letting made by person possessing thing under entail , or in usufruct etc.

(1) The letting made by a person possessing the thing under entail or in usufruct or under any other temporary or dissoluble title, shall be valid even in regard to his successors, if it is made on fair conditions and for a term not exceeding eight years, in the case of rural tenements, or four years, in the case of urban tenements, or an ordinary period according to usage in the case of movable property, or for any period, shorter than the said periods respectively, in the case of property the letting of which for a period exceeding such shorter period is prohibited.

(2) The letting made for any longer period by a person possessing the thing as aforesaid shall, on the demand of his successors in the possession of the thing, be reduced to the reasonable period above-mentioned, to be reckoned from the date of the contract.