CROWN LAND (AMENDMENT)
HONG KONG
No. 56 OF 1979
I assent.
L.S.
Ord. No. 56/79
A163
JACK CATER,
Acting Governor.
19th July, 1979.
An Ordinance to amend the Crown Land Ordinance.
[20th July, 1979]
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 Crown Land (Amendment) Short title. Ordinance 1979.
2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended in the definition of "authorized person" by deleting "section 6(2)" and substituting the following-
3.
"section 6(2), (2A) or (4A)".
Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in subsection (1) by deleting "If" and substituting the following-
"Subject to subsection (2A), if";
(b) by adding after subsection (2) the following subsection-
“(2A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where—
(a) a structure is being erected on or over unleased land, otherwise than under a licence or a deed or memorandum of appropriation; or
(b) a structure has been erected on unleased land, otherwise than under a licence or a deed or memorandum of appropriation, and the Authority is reasonably satisfied that the structure is not being habitually and bona fide used,
any public officer, or other person, acting on the direction of the Authority may, with the assistance of such other public officers or other persons as may be necessary, and without giving any notice
(i) remove from the structure any person or property
therein;
(ii) demolish the structure; and
(iii) take possession of such property and of any property resulting from the demolition of the structure.";
(c) in subsection (3) by inserting after "subsection (2)(b)" the
following-
"or subsection (2A)(iii)”;
(d) by adding after subsection (4) the following subsection-
"(4A) Any person who-
(a) is engaged in any way in the erection of a structure
on unleased land; or
Amendment of section 2.
(Cap. 28.)
Amendment of section 6.
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