# Sale of Farming Stock Act 1816 (repealed) 56 Geo. 3 c. 50 · enacted 20 June 1816 · revised to 6 April 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-farming-stock-act-1816-repealed/pdf/ukpga_18160050_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 No sheriff or other officer shall sell or carry off from any lands any straw, chaff, or turnips, in any case, nor any hay or other produce contrary to the covenant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Tenant to give notice of the existence of covenants; and sheriff to give notice to the owner or landlord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Sheriff may dispose of produce subject to an agreement to expend it on the land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Sheriff to assign agreement to landlord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Sheriff to enquire as to the name and residence of the landlord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Landlords not to distrain for rent on purchasers of crops severed from the soil, or other things sold subject to agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Sheriff not to sell any clover, &c. growing with corn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Act not to affect contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Sheriff not to be liable for damages, unless for wilful omission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Indemnity to sheriff and others acting under the provisions of this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Assignee of bankrupt, &c. not to take any crop in any other way than the bankrupt would have been entitled to do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo3/56/50 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sale-of-farming-stock-act-1816-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.