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MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY (LAND RESUMPTION Ord. No. 66/78

AND RELAted provisIONS) (AMENDMENT)

L.S.

HONG KONG

No. 66 OF 1978

I assent.

DENYS ROBERTS,

Acting Governor.

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20th July, 1978.

An Ordinance to amend the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and

Related Provisions) Ordinance.

[21st July, 1978]

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 Mass Transit Railway (Land Short title

Resumption and Related Provisions) (Amendment) Ordinance 1978.

2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended in the definition Amendment of

of "stages 1 to 4 of the railway" by—

(a) inserting after "stages 1 to 4" the following-

"and stage 6"; and

(b) deleting "Lai Chi Kok Bay" and substituting the following—

3.

"Tso Kung Tam, Tsuen Wan".

section 2.

(Cap. 276.)

Section 15(3) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting, Amendment of after "stages 1 to 4", the following—

"and stage 6".

4. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by inserting after subsection (6) the following-

“(6A) In relation to any claim under item 6 of Part I of the First Schedule-

(a) subsections (4), (5) and (6) shall not apply;

(b) the Director may by notice in writing to the claimant request him to furnish further particulars of and in support of his claim or any item thereof within a period of 28 days from the date of the notice, or within such further period as the Director may in writing allow;

(c)

prior to the commencement of proceedings with the Lands Tribunal the Director may by notice in writing offer to the claimant such sum (inclusive or exclusive of costs) as the Crown is willing to pay in full and final settlement of the claim or any part thereof, as the case may be."; and

"

(b) in subsection (8), by inserting after "subsection (4)" the

following-

"or (6AXb)".

section 15.

Amendment of section 21.