Schedule.
Application.
Schedule.
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"new Crown rent" means such a rent as shall be fixed under Part
II: "published" means published in the Gazette and in one daily
newspaper printed in the English language for circulation in Hong Kong and in one daily newspaper printed in the Chinese language for circulation in Hong Kong:
"relevant day" means 1st July 1973 or the day immediately follow- ing the day of expiration of the Crown lease, whichever is the later;
"renewable Crown lease" means a Crown lease to which the
Ordinance applies by virtue of section 3:1 "scheduled lot" means a lot specified in the Schedule; "section" means any portion of a lot which has been-
(a) assigned or alienated for the whole of the term created
by the renewable Crown lease of the lot; or
(6) declared to have been divided or severed from the
remainder of the lot,
by or under an instrument which is registered in the Land Office and any portion of a lot retained following such assign- ment or alienation;
"tenement" means any land (including land covered with water) or any building, structure, or part thereof which is held or occupied as a distinct or separate tenancy or holding.
3.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Ordinance applies- (a) in the case of Crown leases which expired before the
commencement of this Ordinance-
(i) to every such Crown lease under which land in New Kowloon or in any other part of the New Territories was demised for a term of seventy-five years and which contained a right of renewal for a further term; and
(ii) to the Crown lease of each lot specified in the Schedule; and
(5) in the case of Crown leases which expire after the com-
mencement of this Ordinance—
() to every such Crown lease under which land in Hong Kong (other than the New Territories) is demised for a term of ninety-nine or seventy-five years and which contains a right of renewal for a further term; and
(ii) to every such Crown lease under which land in New Kowloon or in any other part of the New Territories is demised for a term of twenty-one years and which contains a right of renewal for a further term.
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(2) This Ordinance does not apply to any lease to which the New Territories (Renewable Crown Leases) Ordinance applies, (3) The Governor may by order amend the Schedule.
PART II
RENEWAL OF CROWN LEASES
4. (1) Where a renewable Crown lease of a lot expired before the commencement of this Ordinance and the lot had not been divided into sections before the expiration of the lease, the right of renewal contained in the lease shall be deemed to have been exercised by the person or all the persons, if more than one, entitled to that right immediately before the expiration of the lease and there shall be deemed to have been granted to such person or persons on the day following the day on which the lease expired a new Crown lease of the lot.
(2) Where a renewable Crown lease of a lot expired before the commencement of this Ordinance and the bot had been divided into sections before the expiration of the case, the right of renewal contained in the lease shall be deemed to have been exercised by the persons entitled to that right immediately before the expiration of the lease, and there shall be deemed to have been granted to such persons on the day following the day on which the lease expired separate new Crown leases of the sections of the lot respectively held by them under the lease.
5. (1) Where a renewable Crown lease of a lot expires after the commencement of this Ordinance and the lot has not been divided into sections before the expiration of the lease, the right of renewal contained in the lease shall, if the lease has not been renewed pursuant to the right of renewal contained therein before it expires, be deemed to have been exercised by the person or all the persons, if more than one, entilled to that right immediately before the expiration of the lease, and there shall be deemed to be granted to such person or persons on the day following the day on which the lease expired a new Crown lease of the lot.
(2) Where a renewable Crown lease of a lot expires after the commencement of this Ordinance and the lot has been divided into sections before the expiration of the lease, the right of renewal contained in the lease shall, if the lease has not been renewed pursuant to the right of renewal contained therein, before it expires, he deemed to have been exercised by all the persons entitled to that right immediately before the expiration of the lease, and there shall be deemed to be granted to such persons on the day following the day on which the lease expired separate
(p. 132.)
Renewal of Crown leases which expired before com- mencement of Ordinance.
Renewal of Crown leases expiring after COTAMANIzmenl of Ordinance.