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Power of Commia- sioner to revoke

permit. Persons

(c) without lawful authority removes any occupancy card

from the dwelling to which it relates, shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprison- ment for six months.

10. (1) The Commissioner may revoke any permit for breach of conditions, whether general or special, or may give such notice to quit as may be provided for in the general conditions and the occupant and the dependants, if any, shall, as from the date from which such revocation takes effect or from the date stated in the notice, as the case may bc, be deemed to be trespassers and trespassers. liable to eviction in manner provided in paragraph (2) of

regulation 11.

who are deerned to be

Summary

trespassers,

(2) Any person other than an authorized officer, occupant or dependant who remains between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. in any dwelling erected in a provisional resettlement area, whether by permission of the occupant or dependant or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a trespasser and liable to eviction in manner provided in paragraph (2) of regulation 11.

11. (1) Any person who is a trespasser or who is deemed to eviction of be a trespasser under the provisions of paragraph (1) of regula- tion 7 or regulation in shall immediately quit the dwelling in any provisional resettlement area in which he is found when ordered so to do by any authorized officer.

and penalty.

Appeal by petition to Council,

(2) Any person so ordered under the provisions of para- graph (1) who does not forthwith obey such order may be summarily evicted by an authorized officer who may use such force as may be reasonably necessary to evict such person from the aforesaid dwelling and may also to that end invoke the assistance of any other authorized officer.

12. (1) In any case in which the Commissioner has revoked an occupation permit granted under these regulations or if any occupant or dependant who has been evicted from any dwelling claims that he should not have been evicted or that he should be reinstated or granted a fresh occupation permit, he may within 14 days petition the Council.

(2) Any such petition shall be transmitted through the Secretary of the Council.

(3) Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prejudice any remedy which may from time to time be afforded by any competent court.

(4) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (3), the Council may on any petition under paragraph (1) grant any relief which may appear to the Council to be equitable in all the cir- cumstances and the fact that had an application been made by the petitioner to a court, such court would not have interfered with the exercise of any discretion by the Commissioner shall not be deemed to preclude the Council from substituting its own discretion for that of the Commissioner.

authorized

13. Any authorized officer may enter and inspect any Power of dwelling in any provisional resettlement area.

14. Any person who-

(a) wilfully disobeys an order, requirement, notice or direction made or given by an authorized officer in the exercise of any power he may exercise by reason of these regulations; or

(b) refuses access to any authorized officer to any dwelling, or part thereof, in any provisional resettlement area; or (c) resists or obstructs an authorized officer in the course of

his duties,

shall, notwithstanding that summary eviction of the offender has been prescribed, be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

FIRST SCHEDULE. PROVISIONAL RESETTLEMENT ÁREA,

[reg. 8.]

Map references are taken from the Hind 1009 Third Edition of the 1:20,000 Map of the Colony, Sheet No. 19.

Area Reference Letter,

General Locality.

Shek Kip Mei

Map References

(Clockwise),

553048

654049

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667044

667043

558014

553048

officer to enter and

inspect dwelling.

Penalty.