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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JUNE, 1883.
Sale of superfluous lands.
125. Within ten years after the expiration of the time limited by this Ordinance for the completion of the works, the Company shall absolutely sell and dispose of all superfluons lands, and in default thereof all such super- fluous lands remaining unsold at the expiration of such period shall thereupon vest in and become the property of the Crown.
Service of documents.
126. Any summons or any writ or other proceeding at law or in equity required to be served upon the Com- pany may be served by the same being left at, or trans- mitted through the post directed to the principal office of the Company, or being given or transmitted through the post directed to the Secretary, or in case there be no Secre- tary, the Solicitor of the Company.
127. With respect to notices, and to the delivery thereof by or to the Company, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:-
1. Every notice shall be in writing or print, or partly
in writing and partly in print.
2. Any notice to be delivered by or to the Company to or by any other Company or person may be delivered by being left at the office of such other Company or person, or at the then present or then last known place of abode or residence of such person, or of his ostensible Agent or Agents, or of other the Agent or Agents who pay the rents, rates, and taxes payable in respect of the property of such person, or by being affixed upon some conspicuous part of any lands affected or intended to be affected by such notice, or by being left at the office of the Company, as the case may be, or by being sent by post in a regis- tered letter addressed (as the case may be) to the Clerk or Secretary of such other Company at their principal office, or to such person at his then present or then last known place of abode or residence, or at his office or business premises, or by being so sent by post addressed to the ostensi- ble Agent or Agents of such person, or other the Agent or Agents aforesaid, or to the Clerk' or Secretary of the Company at their principal office. Provided always that any notice required to be given by the Company, as mentioned in section 70 of this Ordinance, shall in addition be affixed upon some conspicuous part of the land affected, or intended to be affected, thereby.
· Miscellaneous.
128. If any party shall have committed any irregu- larity, trespass, or other wrongful proceeding in the execu- . tion of this Ordinance, or by virtue of any power or authority hereby given, and if before action or suit brought in respect thereof, such party make tender of sufficient amends to the party injured, such last-mentioned party shall not recover in any such action or suit, and if no such tender shall have been made, it shall be lawful for the defendant, by leave of the Court where such action or suit shall be pending, at any time before auswer filed, to pay into Court such sum of money as he shall think fit, and thereupon such proceed- ings shall be had as in other cases where defendants are allowed to pay money into Court,
129. Every toll penalty or forfeiture imposed by this Ordinance or by any order in Council, regulation, or bye-law made in pursuance hereof, the recovery of which is not otherwise provided for, may be recovered by Summary proceeding before a Magistrate, aud on complaint bang made to a Magistrate he shall issue a summons requiring the party Complained against to appear before any Magis- trate at a time and place to be named in such summons, and every such summons shall be served on the party offending either in person or by leaving the same with some inmate at his usual or last known place of abode, and upon the appearance of the party complained against, or in his absence after proof of the due service of such summons, it shall be lawful for any Magistrate to pro- ceed to the hearing of the complaint, and that although no information in writing or in print shall have been ex-
Lands not wanted to be sold, or in defauls to vest in the Crown.
Service of summons, &c.
Form and delivery of notices.
Tender of
amonds.
Recovery of telis. &..
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