Landlord and Tenant Act. Country/Territory Belize Document type Legislation Date 1953 (1987) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Belize Revised Edition 2000, CAP. 189. Subject Land & soil Keyword Basic legislation Land tenure Lease Contract/agreement Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Geographical area Americas, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States Abstract Section 3 defines kinds of land holding tenancies, i.e., tenancy for years, a tenancy from year to year, a tenancy for less than a year, a tenancy at will and a tenancy on sufferance. The tenancies defined in section 3 comprise the relationships between landlord and tenant in Belize and, subject to this Act, have the same qualities and incidents as they would have under the common law of England. The Act defines various matters in the (contractual) relationship between landlord and tenant such as applying general contract law to govern capacity to enter into tenancies, mode of entering into, and form of, leases, lateral duties and obligations, procedure for recovering rent, distress, ejectment, etc. Full text English Website www.belizelaw.org References - Legislation Implemented by Landlord and Tenant (Forms, Fees and Costs) Rules. Legislation | Belize | 1985 Keyword: Land tenure, Lease, Contract/agreement, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX