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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 26, 1929.
any part thereof in the name and on behalf of His Majesty and to use the same for His Majesty's service, and in that event any such officer or person so authorised may enter upon any ship on which any such apparatus is installed and take possession of the said apparatus and use the same as aforesaid and subject to such use may use the same or allow it to be used for such ordinary services as may in his discretion seem fit to him or may prohibit and take steps to prevent the use of the same and issue directions which shall be obeyed by the licensee to prevent such use.
(2) Any such officer or person so authorised may in such event as afore- said instead of taking possession of the licensed apparatus as aforesaid direct and authorise such persons as he may think fit to assume the control of the transmission of messages by the licensed apparatus either wholly or partly and in such manner as he may direct, and such persons may enter upon any ship on which any apparatus is installed accordingly or the said officer or person so authorised may direct the licensee to submit to him or any person authorised by him all messages tendered for transmission or arriving by the licensed apparatus or any class or classes of such messages, to stop or delay the trans- mission of any messages or deliver the same to him or his agent and generally to obey all such directions with reference to the transmission of messages as the said officer or person so authorised may prescribe, and the licensee shall obey and conform to all such directions.
(3) The licensee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for any damage to the licensed apparatus arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this clause.
26. In any of the following cases (that is to say) :-
(a) In case any sum of money which ought to be paid by the licensee to the Postmaster General under or by virtue of these presents shall be in arrear and unpaid for one calendar month after the time at which the same ought to be paid under or by virtue of the provisious herein contained; or
(b) In cases of any breach, non-observance or non-performance by or on the part of the licensee of any of the provisions (other than a provision for the payment of money) or conditions herein contained ;
then and in any such case the Postmaster General may by notice in writing revoke and determine these presents and the licences, powers and authorities hereinbefore granted and each and every of them, and thereupon these presents and the said licences, powers and authorities and each and every of them shall absolutely cease, determine and become void but without pre- judice to any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued or shall thereafter accrue to the Postmaster General or the Government of Hong Kong under any condition or provision herein contained.
27. Nothing in these presents contained shall prejudice or affect the right of the Governor or Government of Hong Kong from time to time to establish, extend, maintain and work any system or systems of telegraphic communica- tion (whether of a like nature to that hereby licensed or otherwise) in such manner as he shall in his discretion think fit, neither shall anything herein contained prejudice or affect the right of the Governor from time to time to enter into agreements for or to grant licences relative to the working and user of telegraphs (whether of a like nature to those hereby licensed or otherwise) or the transmission of messages in any part of the Colony by means of wireless telegraphy or by any other means with or to any person or persons whomsoever upon such terms as he shall in his discretion think fit. And (save as in this licence expressly provided) nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorise the licensee to exercise any of the powers or authorities conferred on or acquired by the Governor or any other person by or under any Imperial or local enactment or by or under any agreement relating to the transmission of messages by ordinary land and submarine telegraphy.
Provisions for deter- mination of licence in certain
events.
Licence not
to affect Governor's
rights.