CAP. 357]
Electricity Networks (Statutory Easements)
[1984 Ed.
Restrictions on exercise of rights
under section 4 or 8.
LN 244/89
9. (1) Subject to this section, a power company shall, before exercising any right conferred by section 4 or 8 in respect of any land, serve notice of its intention to do so on the owner of the land; and for the purposes of this section notice shall be deemed to have been duly served on the owner of land if, but only if-
(a) it is delivered to him; or
(b) it is sent by registered post addressed to him at his last
postal address known to the power company; or
(c) where the owner is not known or cannot be found or for any reason it is not practicable to serve the notice in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), it is published----
(i) in the Gazette; and
(ii) in 2 Chinese language newspapers and an English language newspaper,
not less than 30 days prior to the exercise of such right:
Provided that in the case of emergency, a power company intending to exercise any such right in respect of any land may notify the owner of such land of its intention in such manner as the power company may deem practicable in the circumstances of the case, and subsections (2), (3) and (4) shall not apply to such case.
(2) Where the owner of any land on whom notice is served by a power company under subsection (1) wishes to object to the exercise by the power company of any rights to which the notice refers, he shall, before the expiration of the period of such notice, notify the power company in writing of his objection and the grounds thereof, and the power company shall, unless the objection is sooner withdrawn or resolved, deliver particulars in writing thereof to the Secretary for Lands and Works-not later than 14 days after the expiration of such period.
(3) Where particulars of any objection are delivered to the Secretary for Lands and Works under subsection (2), he may direct a public officer to attend, within a period of not more than 30 days after the date of delivery of such particulars, on the owner by whom the objection is made and the power company, respectively, and to receive and record any representations as to the matters in dispute put forward by the owner or the power company, as the case may be, and to submit a report in respect thereof for the consideration of the Secretary for Lands and Works.
(4) The Secretary for Lands and Works shall consider any objection of which particulars are delivered to him under subsection (2) and any report directed to be submitted to him under subsection (3) in respect thereof, and shall give such directions to the power company relating to the exercise by the power company of any rights to which the objection relates as he may deem proper having regard to the public interest and shall give notice of such directions to the...