THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MAY, 1889.
land taken and any buildings thereon but also to any damage or injury resulting to the owner of the land reshed by reason of the severance of such land from other land of such owner conti- guous thereto, and to award compensation in respect of such resumption or extinction to all persons claiming compensation to whom the Board may find compensation to be due.
(2.) To award costs in their discretion either for or against the Crown, or for or against any parties claiming compensation, such costs in case of dif- ference to be settled by the Registrar of the Supreme Court.
(3.) All such powers as are now or may be hereafter vested in the Supreme Court of the Colony or in any Judge thereof on the occasion of any suit or action in respect of the following matters:-
(a.) The enforcing the attendance of wit- uesses and examining them on oath or otherwise as they may think fit.
(6.). The compelling the production of any
documents.
(c.) The punishing persons guilty of contempt. (d.) The ordering an inspection of premises. (c.) To enter and view any premises.
9. Every notice under the hand of the Chairman of the Board may be substituted for and shali be'equivalent to any form of process capable of being issued in any suit or action for enforcing the attendance of witnesses, or com- pelling the production of doenments; and any warrant of committal to prison issued for the purpose of enforcing any such powers as aforesaid shall be under the hand of the Chairman and shall not authorise the imprisonment of any offender for a period exceeding three months; and evéry notice order or warrant of the Board may be served and executed in the same manner as notices .orders and warrants of the Supreme Court may be served and excented under the procedure for the time being in forec relating to civil suits.
10. If in the discharge of the duties devolving upon the Board there shall occur a difference of opinion between the members, the decision of any two of them shali have the same force and effect, as if all the members had concurred therein and any decision arrived at by the Board or `a ma- jority thereof shall not be subject to appeal and shall be final as regards all parties interested and no award of com- pensation made with respect to the resumption of any land shall be liable to be set aside for irregularity or error in matter of form.
11. During the pendency of any proceedings before the Board if any member of the Board shall from any cause be or become unable to act, his place if he be a judge shall be filled by another judge or if he be a person appointed by the Governor or owner by some other person appointed by the Governor or owner as the case may require.
12. All lands resumed under the provisions of this Ordi- nance may be demised and granted by the Governor upon such terms and conditions and at such price whether by way of rent, premium, or otherwise and either by public auction or private contract as the Governor may determine.
13. All sums of money awarded and all costs against the Crown if any shall as soon as practicable after the award is published be paid by the Governor out of the Public Revemies, and all sums awarded exclusive of costs shall hear interest at the rate of eight dollars per cen! from the date of the resumption of the land until payment. 14. In any notice to resume any land it shall be sufficient to state that such land is required for a public purpose without stating the particular public purpose for which the land is required and a notice containing such statement shall be conclusive evidence that the land resumed is resumed for a public purpose.
15. Any Board constituted under this Ordinance may make such rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the conduct of all proceedings before it.
16. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless and until the Officer Administering the Goverument notifies by Proclamation that it is Her Majesty's pleasure not to disallow the same and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Officer Administering the Government shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation.
Notices by Board.
No apport from decision of majority.
Proceedings to
be open to public vacan- cies on Board.
Re-graut of lauda, &c.
Compensation
to bear interest.
Notice of resumption to be conclusive evidence of a resumption for a public purpose.
Power for
Board to regulate proceedings.
Suspending Clause.
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