Page 48
[Subsidiary]
Requisition of property other than land.
In force,
G.N.A. 61/51.
Discontinued
my L~43/69
G.N.A. 24/51.
G.N.A. 24/51.
G.N.A. 24/51.
G.N.A. 103/52.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
[1967 Ed.
(6) A competent authority may, to such extent and subject to such restriction as it thinks proper, delegate all or any of its functions under this regulation to any specified person or class of persons.
68. (1) In this regulation the term "chattel" includes any substance, vehicle or animal and any launch, lighter, boat or other small craft, and any ship, vessel or aircraft but does not include currency, gold securities or negotiable instruments.
(2) A competent authority may, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, requisition any chattel, and may give such directions as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in connexion with the requisition. Any person contravening any such direction shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Where any chattel is requisitioned, under this regulation, a competent authority may use or deal with or authorize the use or dealing with the chattel for such purposes and in such manner as he thinks expedient in the public interest, and may hold, or sell or otherwise dispose of, the chattel as if he were the owner thereof and as if the chattel were free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation, and, in a case where the chattel requisitioned is a vehicle, vessel, excavator, crane or agricultural machinery or aircraft, may acquire it by serving on the owner thereof a notice stating that he has acquired it in pursuance of this regulation. When a notice of acquisition has been served, then, at the beginning of the day on which the notice is served-
(a) the vehicle, vessel, excavator, crane or agricultural machinery or aircraft shall vest in the Government of Hong Kong free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation; and
(b) the period of the requisition thereof shall end.
(4) In any case in which the chattel requisitioned is a chattel other than a vehicle, vessel, excavator, crane or agricultural machinery or aircraft such chattel shall as soon as possession thereof is taken in pursuance of this regulation, vest in the Government of Hong Kong free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation.
(5) A competent authority, if it appears to that authority to be necessary for the effectual exercise of its powers under this regulation so to do, may, by order made as respects the whole of the Colony or any part thereof,-
(a) direct that no person who, at the time when the order takes effect, has in his possession or under his control, at any premises in the area to which the order relates, any such articles as may be described in the order, shall remove the articles, or cause or permit them to be
Page 48
P 48
[Subsidiary]
Requisition of property other than land.
In force,
G.N.A. 61/51.
Discontinued
my L~43/69
G.N.A. 24/51.
G.N.A. 24/51.
G.N.A. 24/51.
G.N.A. 103/52.
CAP. 241] Emergency (Principal) Regulations.
【1967 Ed.
(6) A competent authority may, to such extent and subject to such restriction as it thinks proper, delegate all or any of its functions under this regulation to any specified person or class of persons.
68. (1) In this regulation the term "chattel" includes any substance, vehicle or animal and any launch, lighter, boat or other small craft, and any ship, vessel or aircraft but does not include currency, gold securities or negotiable instruments.
(2) A competent authority may, if it appears to him to be necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, requisition any chattel, and may give such directions as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in connexion with the requisition. Any person contravening any such direction shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Where any chattel is requisitioned, under this regulation, a competent authority may use or deal with or authorize the use or dealing with the chattel for such purposes and in such manner as he thinks expedient in the public interest, and may hold, or sell or otherwise dispose of, the chattel as if he were the owner thereof and as if the chattel were free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation, and, in a case where the chattel requisitioned is a vehicle, vessel, excavator, crane or agricultural machinery or aircraft, may acquire it by serving on the owner thereof a notice stating that he has acquired it in pursuance of this regulation. When a notice of acquisition has been served, then, at the beginning of the day on which the notice is served-
(a) the vehicle, vessel, excavator, crane or agricultural machinery or aircraft shall vest in the Government of Hong Kong free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation; and
(b) the period of the requisition thereof shall end.
(4) In any case in which the chattel requisitioned is a chattel other than a vehicle, vessel, excavator, crane or agricultural machinery or aircraft such chattel shall as soon as possession thereof is taken in pursuance of this regulation, vest in the Government of Hong Kong free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation.
(5) A competent authority, if it appears to that authority to be necessary for the effectual exercise of its powers under this regulation so to do, may, by order made as respects the whole of the Colony or any part thereof,-
(a) direct that no person who, at the time when the order takes effect, has in his possession or under his control, at any premises in the area to which the order relates, any such articles as may be described in the order, shall remove the articles, or cause or permit them to be
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