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Determination of lease A lease of immoveable property determines - (a) by efflux of the time limited thereby: 8 Ins. by Act 20 of 1929, sec. 56. 48 (b) where such time is limited conditionally on the happening of some event - by the happening of such event: (c) where the interest of the lessor in the property terminates on, or his power to dispose of the same extends only to, the happening of any event - by the happening of such event: (d) in case the interests of the lessee and the lessor in the whole of the property become vested at the same time in one person in the same right: (e) by express surrender; that is to say, in case the lessee yields up his interest under the lease to the lessor, by mutual agreement between them: (f) by implied surrender: (g) by forfeiture; that is to say, (1) in case the lessee breaks an express condition which provides that, on breach thereof, the lessor may re-enter 9[***]; or (2) in case the lessee renounces his character as such by setting up a title in a third person or by claiming title in himself; 10[or (3) the lessee is adjudicated an insolvent and the lease provides that the lessor may re-enter on the happening of such event]; and in 11[any of these cases] the lessor or his transferee 12[gives notice in writing to the lessee of] his intention to determine the lease: (h) on the expiration of a notice to determine the lease, or to quit, or of intention to quit, the property leased, duly given by one party to the other. Illustration to clause (f) A lessee accepts from his lessor a new lease of the property leased, to take effect during the continuance of the existing lease. This is an implied surrender of the former lease, and such lease determines thereupon.