Amendment
of section 51.
Certain Ordinances
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50D. Neither the Buildings Ordinance 1955, nor the not to apply provisions of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordin-
to structures on ad
ance 1960 relating to overcrowding, shall apply in the case of any structure erected or to be erected on the land to under licence which a licence granted under this Part of this Ordinance granted under relates.".
Occupied
this Part.
(68 of 1933,
1950 Reprint),
(30 of 1960).
24. Subsection (1) of section 51 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in paragraph (a), by the insertion, after "resettlement cytate".
of the following-
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", resettlement factory areas";
(b) in paragraph (6), by the insertion, after "resettlement estates",
of the following-
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resettlement factory areas":
(c) in paragraph (dd), by the insertion, after "resettlement estates",
of the following--
upon the letting of a resettlement factory";
(4) in paragraph (e), by the insertion, after "resettlement estates",
of the following-
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resettlement factory areas":
(e) in paragraph (), by the insertion, after "resettlement estates".
of the following-
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resettlement factory areas":
(in paragraph (g), by the insertion, after "resettlement estates",
of the following-
"resettlement factory areas":
(g) by the insertion, after paragraph (4), of the following new
paragraph--
"(MA) the conditions of licences granted under section 50C and the fees to be paid in respect of such licences;"; and
() by the insertion, after paragraph (1) of the following dew
paragraph-
"(i) the recovery of the cost of damaged or lost fittings.
including a supervision charge:".
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25. Section 53 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the inser- Amendment tion, after "resists or obstructs", of the following→
"the competent authority or".
of section 13.
26. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after sec- Addition of
new sections tion 53, of the following new sections-
54, 35 and 36.
**Power to
take custody of and dispose of property.
54. (1) The competent authority may-
(a) take possession of any property found, in any premises in a resettlement estate, a resettlement factory area or a cottage resettlement area which have been the subject of a tenancy under this Ordinance, after the tenant has left such premises following the termination for any reason of his tenancy:
(b) lake possession of any property which appears to him to have been abandoned in any public place in a resettlement estate, a resettlement factory area or a cottage resettlement area or which obstructs the competent authority in the proper manage- ment and maintenance of any such place.
(2) The competent authority shall post in the estate office a notice setting out details of any property of which be has taken possession under paragraph (2) or (b) of sub- section (1) and shall in such notice call upon claimants to submit their claim to the property within seven days after the day on which the notice was posted.
(3) The competent authority may refuse to return any property of which he has taken possession under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) unless he is satisfied that the claimant is the owner of the property.
(4) The competent authority may recover from a claimant to whom any property of which the competent authority has taken possession under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) is returned any expenses incurred by him in the removal and storage of such property.
(5) Any property of which the competent authority has taken possession under paragraph (a) or (b) of sub- section (1) which is not claimed within seven days after the day on which the notice was posted under subsection (2) or which the competent authority refuses to return to any person shall become the property of the Crown free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the competent authority by sale or otherwise.