CAP. 124]
(s. 17 cont.]
37 of 1950, Schedule.
(Cap. 122.)
Payment when owner absent, etc.
Crown Lands Resumption.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works, after the making of any award under this Ordinance, to cause to be inserted in the Gazette a notification that an award has been made, and such notification shall appoint a Government officer to pay the compensation awarded, and a place at which, and a time within which, such compensation shall be paid.
(3) Any sum of money awarded as compensation shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum from the date of the resumption of the land until the expiration of the time appointed as aforesaid. Except as hereinbefore mentioned, no interest shall be payable on any sum awarded as compensation. No interest shall be payable on any costs or remuneration.
(4) If no claim be made for the compensation money at the place, and within the time appointed, the officer appointed as aforesaid shall cause such money to be paid into the Treasury.
(5) The money thus paid into the Treasury or any part of it may, within a period of five years from the expiration of the time referred to in subsection (2), be claimed by the person entitled thereto and upon such claim being substantiated shall be paid to the person so entitled.
(6) At the expiration of the said period of five years the money or such part of it as remains unpaid shall be transferred to the general revenue of the Colony and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance.
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18. When the owner of any land which has been resumed is absent from the Colony or cannot be found, or within six months from the date when the amount of compensation shall have been determined makes no claim to the same, or is in the opinion of the Governor unable to give an effectual discharge for the same, the Governor may direct payment of the compensation to be made to such other person on behalf of the owner as he shall think proper, subject to any conditions or not, and the receipt of such person shall be a valid and effectual discharge for the same in the same manner as if payment had been made to the owner.
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CAP. 124]
(s. 17 cont.]
37 of 1950, Schedule.
(Cap. 122.)
Payment when owner absent, etc.
Crown Lands Resumption.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works, after the making of any award under this Ordinance, to cause to be inserted in the Gazette a notification that an award has been made, and such notification shall appoint a Government officer to pay the compensation awarded, and a place at which, and a time within which, such compensation shall be paid.
(3) Any sum of money awarded as compensation shall bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum from the date of the resumption of the land until the expiration of the time appointed as aforesaid. Except as herein- before mentioned, no interest shall be payable on any sum awarded as compensation. No interest shall be payable on any costs or remuneration.
(4) If no claim be made for the compensation money at the place, and within the time appointed, the officer appointed as aforesaid shall cause such money to be paid into the Treasury.
(5) The money thus paid into the Treasury or any part of it may, within a period of five years from the expiration of the time referred to in subsection (2), be claimed by the person entitled thereto and upon such claim being substantiated shall be paid to the person so entitled.
(6) At the expiration of the said period of five years the money or such part of it as remains unpaid shall be transferred to the general revenue of the Colony and shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Unclaimed Balances Ordinance.
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18. When the owner of any land which has been resumed is absent from the Colony or cannot be found, or within six months from the date when the amount of compensation shall have been determined makes no claim to the same, or is in the opinion of the Governor unable to give an effectual discharge for the same, the Governor may direct payment of the compensation to be made to such other person on behalf of the owner as he shall think proper, subject to any conditions or not, and the receipt of such person shall be a valid and effectual discharge for the same in the same manner as if payment had been made to the owner.
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