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CAP. 28]
Crown Land
[1982 Ed.
(Cap. 126.)
Power of entry and inspection.
(4) Any property of which possession is taken under subsection (3)(b) by an authorized person shall become the property of the Crown free from the rights of any person and, subject to subsection (5), may be dealt with as the Authority thinks fit.
(5) The Governor may order that-
(a) the whole or a part of any property which has become the property of the Crown under subsection (4); or
(b) the whole or a part of the value of any such property,
shall be delivered or paid to any person who appears to him to have a moral claim thereto.
(6) The Authority may recover from the lessee or licensee any cost incurred in or arising out of the demolition of a structure under subsection (2) and of the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (3).
(7) A notice under subsection (1) may be served by---
(a) delivering it to the lessee or licensee;
(b) posting it to him by registered post addressed to his last place of business or residence known to the Authority; or
(c) posting the notice in or on the land or structure to which the notice relates.
(8) The powers conferred by this section are in addition to and not in derogation from the powers conferred on the Crown by the Crown Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance. (Added, 56 of 1979, s. 5)
13. For the purpose of---
(a) ascertaining whether there has been a breach of a Crown lease or licence for the purposes of section 12(1); or
(b) carrying out any work or interviewing any person prior to the clearance of any land or the demolition of any structure on leased land or land occupied under a licence in accordance with the powers conferred by this Ordinance,
any public officer authorized in writing by the Authority may, on production of his authority, enter and inspect the land and any structure thereon at any reasonable time and may also carry out-
(i) any interview or investigation;
(ii) any screening, or affixing of numbers on structures, for the purpose of establishing eligibility of persons for public housing; and
(iii) any computation of compensation and allowances for any industrial, commercial or agricultural undertaking.
(Replaced, 56 of 1979, s. 6)