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Notice and War Damaged Sites.
(c) accidental damage occurring as the direct result of any precautionary or preparatory measures taken with a view to preventing or hindering the carrying out of any attack by the enemy on the Colony or during the enemy occupation of the Colony by allied forces on the Colony or in either case in anticipation of attack or action in furtherance of such attack;
and shall include damage or destruction to buildings or damage or the deposit of refuse or rubble on land arising as a consequence of bombing, shelling, fire, looting, neglect or otherwise after and as a natural result of the proclamation of war with Japan dated the 8th day of December, 1941;
"war damaged site" means any land in the Colony (including the New Territories) which in the opinion of the Director requires to be cleared as a consequence wholly or partly of war damage thereto or war damage in the neighbourhood thereof.
3. (1) The Director may, by notice in writing in Form 1 in the Schedule, declare any land to be a war damaged site and require the owner to state in writing within a period of three weeks in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule what his intentions are with regard to clearance thereof.
Schedule. Forms 1 & 2.
Schedule. Form 3.
(2) In the following events—
(a) if the owner cannot be found, or ascertained, or is absent from the Colony and his agent cannot be found or ascertained, or is dead and no representation has been granted to his estate or his personal representatives cannot be found;
(b) if the information required is not received by the Director within three weeks of service of Form 1, the Director may publish notification in the Gazette in accordance with Form 3 in the Schedule.
(3) If at any time an owner requests an extension of time in which to effect clearance of a war damaged site, the Director may in his discretion grant an extension for such period as appears to him to be reasonable and will notify the owner in writing whether such extension is granted or not.
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Notice and
War Damaged Sites.
(c) accidental damage occurring as the direct result of any precautionary or preparatory measures taken with a view to preventing or hindering the carrying out of any attack by the enemy on the Colony or during the enemy occupation of the Colony by allied forces on the Colony or in either case in anticipation of attack or action in furtherance of such attack;
and shall include damage or destruction to buildings or damage or the deposit of refuse or rubble on land arising as a consequence of bombing, shelling, fire, looting, neglect or otherwise after and as a natural result of the proclamation of war with Japan dated the 8th day of December, 1941;
"war damaged site" means any land in the Colony (including the New Territories) which in the opinion of the Director requires to be cleared as a consequence wholly or partly of war damage thereto or war damage in the neighbourhood thereof.
3. (1) The Director may, by notice in writing in entry on sites. Form 1 in the Schedule, declare any land to be a war damaged site and require the owner to state in writing within a period of three weeks in accordance with Form 2 in the Schedule what his intentions are with regard to clearance thereof.
Schedule. Forms 1 & 2.
Schedule. Form 3.
(2) In the following events--
(a)
if the owner cannot be found, or ascertained, or is absent from the Colony and his agent cannot be found or ascertained, or is dead and no representation has been granted to his estate or his personal representatives cannot be found; (b) if the information required is not received by the Director within three weeks of service of Form 1, the Director may publish notification in the Gazette in accordance with Form 3 in the Schedule.
(3) If at any time an owner requests an extension of time in which to effect clearance of a war damaged site, the Director may in his discretion grant an extension for such period as appears to him to be reasonable and will notify the owner in writing whether such extension is granted.
or not.
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