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[Subsidiary]
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
[1967 Ed.
specified to take possession on behalf of the competent authority of any chattel of the type specified until such time as the competent authority has by writing under his hand declared that such authority is withdrawn;
(d) the competent authority shall with all convenient speed give notification in such manner as he may consider appropriate of all chattels of which possession has been taken pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) and shall by writing under his hand either confirm or disclaim the requisition of any such chattel and if he confirms the requisition shall furnish such person as may appear to him to be entitled to the payment of compensation in respect thereof with evidence of such confirmation and of such particulars as may appear to the competent authority to affect the amount of compensation payable;
(e) upon any disclaimer under sub-paragraph (d) the period of requisition of the chattel effected shall come to an end but this shall not affect the validity of any act lawfully done prior to such disclaimer nor, save in so far as the same may be waived or as hereinafter appearing, the right to any compensation in respect of the requisition and upon such disclaimer the chattel shall if it has become vested in the Government of Hong Kong, revest in the person who would have been entitled thereto but for the requisition and any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation subsisting at the time of the commencement of the requisition shall be deemed to be still subsisting; and
(f) in the event of any disclaimer compensation shall be payable in like manner as if the chattel had been commandeered under regulation 69 and as if the period of requisition had been the period of commandeerment.
(8) Where the competent authority has issued his requisition in respect of any chattel, such chattel shall be furnished by the owner and the person having the possession, custody or control thereof to the competent authority or to such persons as he shall appoint for the purpose forthwith or (if such is the case) within such period as may be mentioned in the requisition. On any refusal or neglect to furnish such property in manner aforesaid, then the competent authority or others authorized by him in that behalf may seize (and if need be may enter premises by force for the purpose) the property requisitioned and may use the same in like manner as if it had been furnished in pursuance of the requisition. Payment for the same shall nevertheless be made in like manner as if the property had been duly furnished according to the requisition provided that the property specified in the requisition shall not be deemed to have been furnished except in so far as possession is taken by or by the direction of the competent authority.
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