14.—(1) In this section “State rent” means any rent being—

(a) a former crown rent, or

(b) a rent reserved by a fee farm grant or a lease and payable to a State authority.

(2) Where—

(a) any land is sold under the Land Purchase Acts, and

(b) such land is liable to a State rent or an apportioned part of a State rent,

the Judicial Commissioner of the Irish Land Commission may order such rent or apportioned part to be redeemed at such price as he thinks proper.