Section 9 Lease may be renewed two years before expiration.

It shall be lawful for the heir in possession of an entailed estate, where any portion of the estate is held by a tenant under a current lease for not less than seven years, at any time within two years previous to the expiration of such lease, to grant a new lease at a fair rent, to commence at such expiration, and if such heir in possession shall die before the commencement of the new lease, it shall be as valid as if he were still alive.