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Friday, July 7, 1972

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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