6(b):Right of Re-entry

•    Right of re-entry is meant a right to resume possession of land which has been given to another person for a certain time.
•    This right of Re-entry is usually inserted in leases empowering the lessor to re-enter upon the premises if the rent is in arrear for a certain period or if there is a breach of covenants in the lease. Right of re-entry can not be transferred. 

Illustration:

 

‘A’ grants a lease of a plot of land to B with a condition that if B shall build upon it, he would re-enter. ‘A’ transfers to C his right of re-entering in case of breach of the covenant not to build. The transfer is invalid because the right is a personal license.