A.D. 1900.] CROWN LANDS RESUMPTION,
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ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1900.
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AN ORDINANCE to facilitate the Resumption by the Governor of Crown Lands required for Public Purposes.
WHE
[14th November, 1900.]
REAS it is expedient that the Governor should be empowered compulsorily to resume any Crown Land, including any buildings thereon, for any public purpose as defined by this Ordinance; and whereas it is expedient that the duty of determining the compensation to be paid in respect of such resumption under this Ordinance should, notwithstanding any clause contained in Crown Leases, be vested in a Board of Arbitrators:
Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
Ordinance No. 32 of 1900.
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance, 1900.
Interpretation
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,--
"The Board" means any Board of Arbitrators appointed from time to time under this Ordinance:
"Land" means Crown Land of whatever description (whether held under Crown Lease or other title recognized by the Crown), or any part or section thereof, which is situated within the limits of the Colony as enlarged by the Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, including the City of Kowloon, and includes buildings, if any, erected on such land or on any part or section thereof:
"Owner" means the person whose name is for the time being registered in the Land Office of the Colony in respect of any land sought to be resumed under the provisions of this Ordinance, or, if such person is absent from the Colony, or cannot be found, or is bankrupt or dead, his agent or representative in the Colony, or the person entitled for the time being to have his name registered in the said Office in respect of such land or his agent or representative in the Colony:
The expression "resumption for a public purpose" includes-
(1.) resumption of insanitary property for the purpose of securing