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CAP. 130] Land Acquisition (Possessory Title)

[1989 Ed.

CHAPTER 130

LAND ACQUISITION (POSSESSORY TITLE)

To provide for the acquisition of land, held under a possessory title by virtue of the Limitation Ordinance (Cap. 347), required for public purposes, the compensation for such acquisition, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

Originally 41 of 1983 --- R. Ed. 1983, 64 of 1985, L.N. 94 of 1986, 2 of 1988

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Short title

[15 July 1983]

This Ordinance may be cited as the Land Acquisition (Possessory Title) Ordinance.

2. Interpretation

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-- "acquisition for a public purpose” includes-

(a) acquisition of insanitary property for the purpose of securing the erection of improved dwellings or buildings thereon or the sanitary improvement of such property;

(b) acquisition of any land upon which any building is erected which, by reason of its proximity to or contact with any other buildings, seriously interferes with ventilation or otherwise makes or conduces to make such other buildings to be in a condition unfit for human habitation or dangerous or injurious to health; (c) acquisition for any purpose connected with the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, including the volunteer forces in Hong Kong; and

(d) acquisition for any purpose of whatsoever description, whether ejusdem generis with any of the above purposes or not, which the Governor in Council may decide to be a public purpose; "acquisition order" means an acquisition order made under section 3(1) or (2); "claim of ownership" means a claim of possessory title;

"compensation" means compensation under this Ordinance;

"date of vesting" means the date on which land acquired under this Ordinance

vests in the Crown under section 5:

"Director" means the Director of Buildings and Lands; (Amended L.N. 94 of

1986)