Section 2: Restriction on re-entry without due process of law.

Protection from Eviction Act 1977 · 1977 c.43

Part I: Unlawful Eviction and Harassment

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Where any premises are let as a dwelling on a lease which is subject to a right of re-entry or forfeiture it shall not be lawful to enforce that right otherwise than by proceedings in the court while any person is lawfully residing in the premises or part of them.

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