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(c) No compensation is to be given in respect of any use
of the land which is not in accordance with the terms
of the Crown lease under which the land is held.
(d) It is expressly provided that compensation may be given
for damage to business due to removal.
Panagraphs (a) and (b) of section 2 ar adopted from the Acquisi- tion of Land (Assessment of Compensation) Act, 1919, 9 & 10 Geo. 5,
c.57, s.2 (1) and (2). The reference in the United Kingdom Act
to a willing seller was omitted from the Ordinance at the instance
of the unofficial members of the Council, who seemed to fear some
possible hidden meaning. It does not appear that the words in
question would have added much to the sense of the paragraph.
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Paragraph (c) of section 2 is intended to prevent claims being
made on public moneys in respect of uses of the land which are not
in accordance with the terms of the Crown lease. Such claims are
sometimes made, and they are often supported by the production of
permits to use the land in that particular way. Though such per-
mite are expressed to be only temporary they are often renewed from
time to time for long periods, and the argument is that the Crown
must be taken to have waived the breach of the Crown lease..
5.
Section 3 of the Ordinance is intended to save existing arbitra-
tions from coming under the stricter provisions of section 2.
6.
Sections 4 and 5 are intended to get over a difficulty which
sometimes occurs when owners, or co-owners, are absent from the Colony
or cannot be found.
7.
Section 6 was inserted by way of compromise. Some of the
unofficial members, if not all, were opposed to the enactment of
paragraph (c) of that section, but they ultimately agreed to accept