(c) require persons who may from time to time own, or have in their possession or custody, or under their control, any such vehicle within the said area as may be described in the order to furnish in writing, to such authority or person as may be specified in the order, such information relating to the vehicle and its parts (including spare parts) and accessories as may be so specified.
(6) A competent authority may, to such extent and subject to such restrictions as it thinks proper, delegate all or any of its functions under this regula- tion to any specified persons or class of persons.
(7) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing or to any other method of effecting requisi- tion it shall be lawful for the competent authority to proceed to requisition chattels of any particular type or description being chattels of a type or description to which the Colonial Secretary has directed that this paragraph shall apply in manner and subject to the conditions following-
(a) the competent authority shall from time to time estimate the total number, quantity or amount of any such chattel as he considers it neccessary or expedient in the public interest to requisition;
(b) the competent authority shall by writing under his hand declare that the requisition- ing of such number, quantity or amount of any such chaitel as he may specify appears to him to be necessary in the public interest and shall specify in such writing the depart- ment of the public service, the class of person or persons authorized to carry such requisi- tioning into effect subject to such limitations as he may by any such writing or by further writing under his hand specify and may from time to time give such direction as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in con- nexion with the requisition;
(c) any such writing shall according to its tenor he sufficient authority for the department, class of persons or persons 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type specified until such time as the competent authority has by writing under his band declared that such authority is withdrawn;
(d) the competent authority shall with all con- venient 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 requisi- tion shall furnish such person as may appear to him to be entitled to the payment of com- pensation 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; (in the event of any disclaimer compensation shall be payable in like manner as if the chattel has been commandeered under regu- 277/49 lation 67A and as if the period of requisition as amended had been the period of commandeerment.” by G.N.A.
i 174/50.
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