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Crown Lands Resumption
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(b) resumption of any land upon which any building is erected which, by reason of its proximity to or contact with any other buildings, seriously interferes with ventilation or otherwise makes or conduces to make such other buildings to be in a condition unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to health; and (Amended 51 of 1911; 2 of 1912 Schedule)
(c) resumption for any purpose connected with the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, including the volunteer forces in the Colony; and (Amended 51 of 1911; 2 of 1912 Schedule; 27 of 1937 Schedule) (d) resumption for any purpose of whatsoever description whether ejusdem generis with any of the above purposes or not, which the Governor in Council may decide to be a public purpose. (Amended 51 of 1911; 2 of 1912 Schedule)
Resumption of land for public purpose
3.
(Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4)
Whenever the Governor in Council decides that the resumption of any land is required for a public purpose, the Governor may order the resumption thereof under this Ordinance.
(Replaced 27 of 1930 s. 2. Amended 63 of 1974 s. 3)
Notices
4. (1) Where resumption is ordered a notice that the land is required for a public purpose and will be resumed shall be published in the Gazette in English and Chinese. (Amended 63 of 1974 s. 4)
(2) A copy of such notice shall be served on the owner, if he can be found, and a further notice shall be affixed upon a conspicuous part of the land to be resumed or, where the land is divided into lots, sections or subsections, if practicable, upon each lot, section or subsection affected.
(3) The notice affixed to the land shall state the date on which it has been so affixed. It shall also state that the land will be resumed on the expiration of 1 month from such date, unless the Governor shall have authorized the giving of a longer period of notice, in which case the longer period shall be stated.
(4) A notice published and served or affixed under this section shall be deemed to be notice to the owner of the land and every person interested in the land or having any right or easement therein.
(Replaced 27 of 1930 s. 2)
Purchase by agreement
4A. Where an order has been made for the resumption of any land under section 3, the Authority may, before the land reverts to the Crown under section 5, agree with the owner and any person having an estate or an interest in such land under an instrument registered in the Land Office on the purchase of the land and of any such estate or interest therein, and any such agreement relating to land in respect of which an order under section 3 is made on or after the commencement of the Crown Lands Resumption (Amendment) Ordinance