Section 96: Execution of decrees for arrears of rent

A Court passing a decree for an arrear of rent may, on the oral application of the decree-holder, order execution thereof against the moveable property of the tenant, and against any uncut or ungathered crops on the tenancy in respect of which the arrear is decreed.

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