1967 Ed.]
Emergency (Requisition) Regulations.
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machinery such chattel shall, as soon as possession thereof is taken in pursuance of this regulation, vest in the Government free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation.
(5) Where the competent authority has issued such authority's requisition in respect of any chattel, such chattel shall be furnished by the owner and the person having the possession, custody or control thereof to the competent authority or to such persons as such authority shall appoint for the purpose forthwith or (if such is the case) within such period as may be mentioned in the requisition. On any refusal or neglect to furnish such property in manner aforesaid, then the competent authority or others authorized by such authority in that behalf may seize (and if need be may enter premises by force for the purpose) the property requisitioned and may use the same in like manner as if it had been furnished in pursuance of the requisition. Payment for the same shall nevertheless be made in like manner as if the property had been duly furnished according to the requisition provided that the property specified in the requisition shall not be deemed to have been furnished except in so far as possession is taken by or by the direction of the competent authority.
(6) Where the Accountant General is satisfied that any vehicle in respect of which a licence to keep has been granted has, in exercise of the powers conferred by this regulation, been acquired before the expiration of the period of the validity of such licence, the Accountant General may authorize the refund to the person who at the date of such acquisition was the owner of the vehicle of a proportionate part of the fee paid for such licence in respect of such part of the period of its validity as remained unexpired at the date aforesaid, if a claim for such refund is made to him in writing by such person not later than three months after the date when such vehicle was acquired as aforesaid.
5. (1) Any authorized officer and any person acting under the special authority of a competent authority may, in the public interest, do any work on any land or place anything in or over any land.
(2) A competent authority, if it appears to such authority to be necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, may by order provide for prohibiting or restricting the doing on any particular land of any such work as may be specified in the order.
(3) No person, other than an authorized officer, or any person acting under the special authority of a competent authority, shall, except with permission granted by or on behalf of a competent authority remove, alter or tamper with any work done or retained, or anything placed or retained in, on or over, any land in pursuance of this regulation.
(4) Any person who contravenes any provision of this regulation, or any order or direction thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence.
Power to do work on land.
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1967 Ed.]
Emergency (Requisition) Regulations.
[CAP. 241
Q 5
[Subsidiary]
machinery such chattel shall, as soon as possession thereof is taken in pursuance of this regulation, vest in the Government free from any mortgage, pledge, lien or other similar obligation.
(5) Where the competent authority has issued such authority's requisition in respect of any chattel, such chattel shall be furnished by the owner and the person having the possession, custody or control thereof to the competent authority or to such persons as such authority shall appoint for the purpose forthwith or (if such is the case) within such period as may be mentioned in the requisi- tion. On any refusal or neglect to furnish such property in manner aforesaid, then the competent authority or others authoriz- ed by such authority in that behalf may seize (and if need be may enter premises by force for the purpose) the property requisitioned and may use the same in like manner as if it had been furnished in pursuance of the requisition. Payment for the same shall nevertheless be made in like manner as if the property had been duly furnished according to the requisition provided that the property specified in the requisition shall not be deemed to have been furnished except in so far as possession is taken by or by the direction of the competent authority.
(6) Where the Accountant General is satisfied that any vehicle in respect of which a licence to keep has been granted has, in exercise of the powers conferred by this regulation, been acquired before the expiration of the period of the validity of such licence, the Accountant General may authorize the refund to the person who at the date of such acquisition was the owner of the vehicle of a proportionate part of the fee paid for such licence in respect of such part of the period of its validity as remained unexpired at the date aforesaid, if a claim for such refund is made to him in writing by such person not later than three months after the date when such vehicle was acquired as aforesaid.
5. (1) Any authorized officer and any person acting under the special authority of a competent authority may, in the public interest, do any work on any land or place anything in or over any land.
(2) A competent authority, if it appears to such authority to be necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest, may by order provide for prohibiting or restricting the doing on any particular land of any such work as may be specified in the order.
(3) No person, other than an authorized officer, or any person acting under the special authority of a competent authority, shall, except with permission granted by or on behalf of a competent authority remove, alter or tamper with any work done or retained, or anything placed or retained in, on or over, any land in pur- suance of this regulation.
(4) Any person who contravenes any provision of this regula- tion, or any order or direction thereunder, shall be guilty of an offence.
Power to do work on land.
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