Cap. 16 ст. 1594Rightofpreference of sitting tenant.

If there are no claims on the part of persons having a right of preference on the ground mentioned in article 1591, a right of preference, in regard to tenements, is granted -

(a) to the lessee in the last preceding lease of an urban tenement, in respect of the new lease of the same tenement;

(b) to the possessor or occupier of the upper part of a building, in respect of the new lease of the lower part of the same building, whether such lower part belongs to the lessor of the upper part or to any other person, and whether it has or has not access from the street: Provided that the right of preference granted under this paragraph shall not apply in the case of any building constructed or used as a common tenement house or of any building consisting of flats which, though having in common other parts of the building, are constructed, leased, or occupied for use separately.