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PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION.

No. 17 of 1921.

2631

their predecessors in title, shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as that herein set forth;

(b) those persons who, though not registered in the Land Office at the commencement of this Ordinance as the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of any portions thereof so abutting, shall, before the commencement of this Ordinance, have reserved to themselves on the sale of such lots or such portions thereof the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth, and shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person;

(c) those persons who, before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall have acquired the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth by purchase from the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of portions thereof so abutting, and who shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person.

(2) Every person who is entitled to participate in the reclamation scheme herein set forth under the provisions of sub-section (1) (b) or (c) shall in the carrying out of the said scheme be treated throughout as if he had been at the commencement of this Ordinance registered as the owner of the Marine Lot or portion thereof, on the sale of which the right of participation was reserved, or from the owner of which the right of participation was acquired, as the case may be.

(3) If before the expiration of three months from the commencement of this Ordinance any person who is entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme under the provisions of sub-section (1) (a), and who has not entered into the agreement referred to in sub-section (5), ceases to be the owner of the area on which his qualification so to participate rests, or of any part of such area, the person who for the time being is entitled forthwith to become or, if there is no such person, the person who for the time being actually is, the registered owner of such area or portion thereof shall be entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme, provided that the area of which he is, or is entitled to be, the registered owner, actually abuts on Praya East.

(4) If before the expiration of the said period of three months any person who was at the commencement of this Ordinance entitled to participate in the said reclamation

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PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION. No. 17 of 1921. 2631 their predecessors in title, shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as that herein set forth; (b) those persons who, though not registered in the Land Office at the commencement of this Ordinance as the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of any portions thereof so abutting, shall, before the commencement of this Ordinance, have reserved to themselves on the sale of such lots or such portions thereof the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth, and shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person; (c) those persons who, before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall have acquired the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth by purchase from the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of portions thereof so abutting, and who shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person. (2) Every person who is entitled to participate in the reclamation scheme herein set forth under the provisions of sub-section (1) (b) or (c) shall in the carrying out of the said scheme be treated throughout as if he had been at the commencement of this Ordinance registered as the owner of the Marine Lot or portion thereof, on the sale of which the right of participation was reserved, or from the owner of which the right of participation was acquired, as the case may be. (3) If before the expiration of three months from the commencement of this Ordinance any person who is entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme under the provisions of sub-section (1) (a), and who has not entered into the agreement referred to in sub-section (5), ceases to be the owner of the area on which his qualification so to participate rests, or of any part of such area, the person who for the time being is entitled forthwith to become or, if there is no such person, the person who for the time being actually is, the registered owner of such area or portion thereof shall be entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme, provided that the area of which he is, or is entitled to be, the registered owner, actually abuts on Praya East. (4) If before the expiration of the said period of three months any person who was at the commencement of this Ordinance entitled to participate in the said reclamation

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! C PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION. No. 17 of 1921. 2631 their predecessors in title, shall not before the commencement [s. 4 could.] of this Ordinance have parted with the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as that herein set forth; (b) those persons who, though not registered in the Land Office at the commencement of this Ordinance as the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of any portions thereof so abutting, shall, before the commencement of this Ordinance, have reserved to themselves on the sale of such lots or such portions thereof the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth, and shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person; (c) those persons who, before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall have acquired the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth by pur- chase from the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of portions thereof so abutting, and who shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person. (2) Every person who is entitled to participate in the reclamation scheme herein set forth under the provisions of sub-section (1) (b) or (e) shall in the carrying out of the said scheme be treated throughout as if he had been at the com- mencement of this Ordinance registered as the owner of the Marine Lot or portion thereof, on the sale of which the right of participation was reserved, or from the owner of which the right of participation was acquired, as the case may be. (3) If before the expiration of three months from the com- mencement of this Ordinance any person who is entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme under the provi- sions of sub-section (1) (a), and who has not entered into the agreement referred to in sub-section (5), ceases to be the owner of the area on which his qualification so to participate rests, or of any part of such area, the person who for the time being is entitled forthwith to become or, if there is no such person, the person who for the time being actually is, the registered owner of such area or portion thereof shall be entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme, provided that the area of which he is, or is entitled to be, the registered owner, actually abuts on Praya East. (4) If before the expiration of the said period of three months any person who was at the commencement of this Ordinance entitled to participate in the said reclamation

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PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION.

No. 17 of 1921.

2631

their predecessors in title, shall not before the commencement [s. 4 could.] of this Ordinance have parted with the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as that herein set forth;

(c) those persons who, before the commencement of this Ordinance, shall have acquired the right to participate in any such reclamation scheme as is herein set forth by pur- chase from the owners of Marine Lots abutting on Praya East or of portions thereof so abutting, and who shall not before the commencement of this Ordinance have parted with the said right to any other person.

(2) Every person who is entitled to participate in the reclamation scheme herein set forth under the provisions of sub-section (1) (b) or (e) shall in the carrying out of the said scheme be treated throughout as if he had been at the com- mencement of this Ordinance registered as the owner of the Marine Lot or portion thereof, on the sale of which the right of participation was reserved, or from the owner of which the right of participation was acquired, as the case may be.

(3) If before the expiration of three months from the com- mencement of this Ordinance any person who is entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme under the provi- sions of sub-section (1) (a), and who has not entered into the agreement referred to in sub-section (5), ceases to be the owner of the area on which his qualification so to participate rests, or of any part of such area, the person who for the time being is entitled forthwith to become or, if there is no such person, the person who for the time being actually is, the registered owner of such area or portion thereof shall be entitled to participate in the said reclamation scheme, provided that the area of which he is, or is entitled to be, the registered owner, actually abuts on Praya East.

(4) If before the expiration of the said period of three months any person who was at the commencement of this Ordinance entitled to participate in the said reclamation

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