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No. 9 of 1925.
TELEPHONE.
Signature of notices.
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Reservation of liability to penalties imposed by law: applicability of Post Office, London, instructions:
the last known place of business of the company in the Colony, and the same shall operate and be deemed to have been served at the expiration of twenty-four hours from the time of being put into the Post Office, and proof that the letter was properly addressed, registered and posted shall be sufficient evidence of service.
54. Any notice, direction, request or order required or authorized to be given by the Government may be signed by or on behalf of the Colonial Secretary.
55.-(1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall relieve the company or any other person claiming any right thereunder from being subject to any restrictions, regulations, provisions or penalties which may hereafter be made or imposed by any Act of the Imperial Parliament made applicable to the Colony or any technical Ordinance, regulations or by-laws for the time being in force in the Colony, and the company shall conform to the technical instructions contained in the Post Office, London, Engineering Department Handbooks XIII, and XIV (Part I and Part II), and IV in relation to the construction of aerial lines on roads and railways, the construction of underground telegraph and telephone lines and maintenance testing, so far as the same may be capable of being applied to local conditions, and so far as the same are not contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, as if the same had been incorporated in and had formed part of this Ordinance.
reservation of Govern-
(2) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to make it obligatory for the Government to take over or purchase any ment rights in respect of portion of the undertaking of the company situate outside the undertaking Colony.
outside the Colony:
limitation of company's rights, etc., to the Colony.
(3) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as a grant by the Government to the company of any right, interest, benefit, privilege or franchise outside the Colony, or as entitling the company to make any claim whatsoever against the Government in respect of any part of its undertaking outside the Colony.
56.-(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations make regula for the carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
Power to
tions and by-laws.
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As amended by No. 9 of 1930 [15.8.30].
+ As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.