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SUPPLEMENT NO. 1, MAY 27, 1949.

HỒNG KÔNG

No. 27 OF 1949.

L.S.

I assent.

A. G. GRANTHAM, Governor.

26th May, 1949,

An Ordinance to facilitate the clearance of war damaged sites, to provide for the recovery of the cost thereof, and for sale of the sites where so required.

[27th May, 1949.]

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Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the War Damaged Sites Short title. Ordinance, 1949.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpreta-

"Director" means the Director of Public Works and includes in the case of a public servant anyone acting with the authority of such Director, and in the case of a corporation or a person not a public servant shall mean a corporation or a person acting in relation to a specified war damaged site with the written authority of such Director or the agent of such corporation or

person;

"owner" includes any person holding premises direct from the Crown or entitled so to do; and, where such owner cannot be found or ascertained or is absent from the Colony or is under disability, the agent of such owner; and for the purposes of this Ordinance, every mortgagee in possession shall be deemed an owner; and a person holding over against the Crown after the expiration or sooner determination by re-entry or otherwise of a leasehold term shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be an owner;

tion.

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