Cap. 16 Art. 1619Right of original lessor on things of sub-lessee.

The lessor may enforce his rights for rent, compensation for non-repairs, or in connection with any other covenant of the lease, on the fruits and on the value of all things which serve for the furnishing or stocking, or for the cultivation of the tenement, even though such fruits or other things belong to the sub-lessee, and the latter has discharged his liabilities towards his sub-lessor: Provided that such rights shall not be available to the lessor in respect of the said things if the same belong to or are held by or on behalf of any department of the Government of Malta in any case in which such department is not itself directly liable for the payment of the debt.