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No. 9 of 1925.
TELEPHONE.
TELEPHONE.
No. 9 of 1925.
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Removal of works on
expiration
of licence in default of
arrangement for continu- ance or sale.
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Reference to arbitration.
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Ordinance
No. 3 of 1901.
Service of notices, etc.
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had to and allowance made for the then value of land and build- ings and to the then condition and value of plant, apparatus and material, and compensation shall be allowed to the company in respect of spare plant provided for the reasonably anticipated future requirements of the undertaking.
51. If upon the expiration of the concession no arrange- ments are made for the continuance of supply by the company or if the Government does not elect to take over and purchase the company's undertaking under the foregoing provisions in that behalf, the Government may, on the expiration of the con- cession, require the company to remove and the company shall as soon as reasonably may be, and at its own cost, remove all works erected or made by the company in pursuance of this Ordinance, and the company shall immediately upon such removal make good all damage which may be done in effecting such removal and make full compensation for all damage done in like manner as if such damage had been done in the exercise of the authority contained in section 8.
52. Any claim under any of the provisions of this Ordinance other than section 45 by the Government or by any person against any person or the Government in respect of any matter arising out of this Ordinance or any regulation made there- under, and any dispute, difference, doubt or question which may arise touching the carrying out or the construction of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any such regulation or as to any matter in any way connected with or arising out of this Ordinance or of any such regulation or the operation thereof or the obligations, rights, duties or liabilities of the Government or of any person in connexion with or arising out of the same, shail be referred to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure in the same way as if all the parties concerned in any such claim, dispute, difference, doubt or question had entered into a written agreement with one another to submit the same to the arbitration of two arbitrators in this Colony.
53. Any notice, direction, request or order, required or authorized by this Ordinance to be given to the company, may be served by prepaid registered letter sent through the post to
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
the last known place of business of the company in the Colony, and the same shall operate and be deemed to have been served at the expiration of twenty-four hours from the time of being put into the Post Office, and proof that the letter was properly addressed, registered and posted shall be sufficient evidence of service.
of notices.
54. Any notice, direction, request or order required or Signature authorized to be given by the Government may be signed by or on behalf of the Colonial Secretary.
55.-(1) Nothing in this Ordinance shall relieve the com- Reservation
of liability
technical in-
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pany or any other person claiming any right thereunder from to penalties being subject to any restrictions, regulations, provisions or imposed by penalties which may hereafter be made or imposed by any Act law appli rability of of the Imperial Parliament made applicable to the Colony or any Post Office, Ordinance, regulations or by-laws for the time being in force London, in the Colony, and the company shall conform to the technical structions: instructions contained in the Post Office, London, Engineering Department Handbooks XIII, and XIV (Part I and Part II), and IV in relation to the construction of aerial lines on roads and railways, the construction of underground telegraph and telephone lines and maintenance testing, so far as the same may be capable of being applied to local conditions, and so far as the same are not contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, as if the same had been incorporated in and had formed part of this Ordinance.
of Govern-
(2) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to make it reservation obligatory for the Government to take over or purchase any ment rights portion of the undertaking of the company situate outside the Colony.
in respect of undertaking outside the Colony:
(3) Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as a grant limitation of
company's by the Government to the company of any right, interest, rights, etc., benefit, privilege or franchise outside the Colony, or as entitling to the the company to make any claim whatsoever against the Govern- Colony. ment in respect of any part of its undertaking outside the Colony.
56. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations Power to for the carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
As amended by No. 9 of 1930 [15.8.301.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
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