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Friday, September 29, 1972
CROWN LAND ORDINANCE 1972 BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON SUNDAY
The Crown Land Ordinance 1972 will come into effect on Sunday
(October 1).
Under the legislation, the authorities will be empowered to serve
notices requiring unlawful occupation of Crown land to cease within a specifiod
period.
If the notice is not complied with, the authorities may remove trespassers
from the land and take possession of any property on it.
Failure to comply with such a notice will be an offence and on
conviction, a person is liable to a fine of $10,000 and to six months' imprisonment.
The ordinance also deals with the control of excavations in unleased
Crown land and the revesting of certain private streets in the Crown.
One important change from the old law is that mere unlawful occupation
of Crown land will no longer be a criminal offence.
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