Vesting of R.B.L. 369.
Repeal.
(Cap. 193.)
(Cap. 2033 (Cap. 274)
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(2) Where either after or before the commencement of this Ordinance there is or has been a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of State for Defence at a time when, if there had been no vacancy, any interest in or charge on property would have been acquired by the Secretary of State for Defence, such interest or charge shall notwithstanding such vacancy vest and be deemed to have vested in the successor to such office on bis appointment. but without prejudice to the right of such successor to disclaim that interest or charge.
(3) Any contract or other transaction expressed or purported to be made with the Secretary of State for Defence at a time (eilber after or before the commencement of this Ordinance) when there was a vacancy in the office shall on the vacancy being filled take effect and be deemed to have taken effect as if the vacancy had been filled before the contract or transaction was expressed to be made, and on the appointment of a successor shall be capable of being enforced or disclaimed by him.
3. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, on the commencement of this Ordinance, all that piece and parcel of ground known and registered in the Land Office as Rural Building Lot No. 369. together with the easements and appur- tenances thereto belonging, shall vest in the Secretary of State for Defence for the resides of the term of years created by the Crown lease of the said Lol, subject to the payment of the rent and the performance of the covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the said Crown lease.
4. The Admiralty (Vesting of Property) Ordinance, the War Department (Vesting of Property) Ordinance and the Secretary of State for Air (Vesting of Lands) Ordinance are repealed.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 20th day of December, 1967, und is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretarial CR 8/3231/62)
Deputy Clerk of Councils.