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The remedy would be either civil proceedings for trespass or action
under the new Bill, he added.
Similarly, the offence of encroaching on Crown land is abolished
and encroachments will be treated as a form of unlawful occupation of
Crown land. However, it is necessary to retain as an offence the practice of
extracting or removing earth, turf or stone except under a permit.
The Bill also deals with the control of excavations in unleased
Crown land and the revesting of certain private streets in the Crown).
Thus a simple procedure is introduced in the bill for vésting in
the Crown a private street which the owners are bound by agreement to
surrender to the Crown free of cost when called upon to do so.
"At present, some practical difficulties are encountered in taking
a surrender," the spokesman said, "if the ownership of any such street
has been sub-divided."
The spokesman said these provisions would help towards solving
the problema posed by a number of private streets, which need to be taken
over by the Government in the public interest.
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