THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 21, 1910.
CONDITION IN ORDINARY CASES.
The condition of the above written recognisance is such, that whereas the said
was this day charged before me the above mentioned Magistrate for that
If therefore the said
will appear at
the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court to be holden on the
day of
19 and at every adjournment thereof and there surrender himself (if so required) into the custody of the Superintendent of Vietoria Gaol, in the said Colony, and plead to such indiet- ment as may be filed against him by the Attorney General and take his trial upon the same, and not depart the said Court without leave, then the said recognisance to be void, or else to stand in full force and virtue.
HONGKONG.
No. 8 or 1910.
An Ordinance to amend the Squatters Ordinance,
1890.
LS
F. II. MAY,
Officer Administering the Government.
[21st May, 1910.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Commeil thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cite! as the Squatters Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1910, and shall be read and con-
strued as one with the Squatters Ordinance, 1890, here- inafter called
•
the Principal Ordinance”.
2. Section 12 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby re- pealed and the following shall be substituted for and read in lien of the said section:--
Repeal of section 12 of the Principal Ordinance
and new sec- tion substi- tuted there- for.
“12.—(1.) In any case where the Board allows the Granting of claim a lease shall be granted unless the Gov- lease where ernor in his discretion declines to grant a lease claim allow-
ed unless in which case the claim shall be referred to the Governor de- Director of Public Works who may negotiate elines. with the claimant in respect of the grant of a lease of other land or lands in lien of the hold- ing in relation to which the claim is made,
(2.) In the event of a failure to effect such a negotiation the Board shall decide what com- pensation shall be paid to the claimant in re- spect of such holding and of any building or fixture, the removal of which is in the opinion of the Director of Public Works necessary or desirable in the public interest, and in such case the amount awarded by the Board shall be paid by the Government to such person as the Board may direct,
Provided always that in estimating any claim for compensation the Board shall take into con- sideration the condition of a building as regards the seemity of its structure and its sanitary condition,
(3.) No appeal shall lie from any decision of the Board under this section,"
3. The Squat ers Amendment Ordinance, 1909, is here- Repeal of by repealed
Squatters Amendment
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 19th Ordinance, day of May, 1910.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 21st day of May, 1910.
1909.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary.
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