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MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION Ord. No. 66/74

AND RELATED PROVISIONS)

7.

A403

easements.

(1) Notice of creation of an easement by order made Notices of under section 6(1) shall be given in accordance with this section creation of to every person having any estate, right, share or interest in the land affected by the order.

(2) Every person referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to receive notice of an order under section 6(1) if the Director-

(a) causes a notice of creation of an easement conforming to subsection (3) and in both Chinese and English to be---

(i) affixed to some conspicuous part of the land in, under or over which the easement is to be created or, in a case where only land lying wholly beneath the surface is affected by the order, the surface thereof or any building thereon; and

(ii) published once in the Gazette; and

(b) makes a copy of the order and, where appropriate, a plan of the easement available for inspection by the public free of charge at such offices of the Government, during the hours when those offices are normally open to the public as the Director thinks fit.

(3) A notice of creation of an easement shall-

(a)

describe the land and the easement and state that an order creating the easement has been made under section 6(1);

(b) state where and at what times a copy of the order and a plan of the easement may be inspected in pursuance of subsection (2)(b);

(c) state the day on which the notice was affixed to the land;

(d) state the period of notice specified by the Governor

under section 6(2);

(e) declare that upon the expiry of that period the ease- ment described in the notice shall by virtue of section 6(4) be created in favour of the Crown for the purposes of the railway; and

(state that any person entitled to compensation under this Ordinance may serve a written claim upon the Director.