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(4) in respect of what interest, right, easement, or otherwise it is awarded;
(5) whether any, and, if any, which, of such persons are under disability or otherwise incapable of giving a legal discharge for any sum awarded;
(6) whether any of the persons entitled to any compensation or any proportion thereof are unknown, or cannot be found, or are absent from and have no agent in the Colony;
(7) the amount of costs, if any, awarded and against whom.
Publication of award.
16. Every award, as soon as practicable after it has been drawn up, shall be forwarded to the Governor and published in The Gazette and one English and one Chinese newspaper in the Colony for such period or periods as the Board may direct.
Provision for payment into Court of sums awarded.
17. Where it appears from any such award that any person therein named to whom any sum is to be paid by way of compensation is—
(1) under disability or cannot otherwise give a legal discharge to the Crown for the payment of any sums apportioned to such person; or
(2) cannot be found, or is unknown, or is absent from the Colony and has no agent in the Colony authorized to give a discharge for such sum,
it shall be lawful for the Governor to pay such sum into Court to an account to be entitled in the matter of this Ordinance and of the person entitled thereto, or, if such person is unknown, to some title indicating the amount paid in and the source from which it is derived.
Procedure on payment into Court.
18. Where any such sum is paid into Court as aforesaid—
(1) the receipt of the Registrar of the Court shall be a complete discharge to the Governor therefor; and
(2) notice of such payment shall be forthwith published by the Registrar in The Gazette and in one or more of the local daily newspapers, and, until the same is paid out, shall be re-published annually.
Application for payment out of Court.
19. Any person entitled to any sum paid into Court or alleging that he is entitled thereto, either on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person as trustee or otherwise, may apply to the Court for the payment out or for the disposal thereof as hereinafter mentioned.
20. (1.) The costs of any application to the Court may, in the discretion of the Court, be paid out of the fund in respect of which the application is made, and the Court may order any person who makes an unsuccessful application or who opposes an application unsuccess-
Costs of application for payment out of Court