1964_LAND_ACQUISITION_(POSSESSORY_TITLE)_ORDINANCE — Page 4

1989 Ed.]

Land Acquisition (Possessory Title)

[CAP. 130

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"land" means immovable property;

"owner" means a person who has a possessory title to land;

“possessory title" means a possessory title against the Crown to land by virtue

of sections 7(1) and 17 of the Limitation Ordinance (Cap. 347).

3. Acquisition of land for a public purpose

(1) Whenever the Governor in Council decides that the acquisition of any land is required for a public purpose, the Director may make an acquisition order for the acquisition of it under this Ordinance if it appears to the Director that any person claims, or may claim, that the land is held under a possessory title.

(2) Whenever the Governor in Council decides, under section 3 of the Crown Lands Resumption Ordinance (Cap. 124), that the resumption of any land is required for a public purpose, the Director may make an acquisition order for the acquisition of that land or any part of it under this Ordinance if it appears to the Director that any person claims, or may claim, that the land or that part is held under a possessory title.

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Notices and plans

(1) Where an acquisition order has been made in respect of any land, a notice thereof

(a) shall be served by the Director-

(i) on every person who appears to the Director to be a person who may make a claim of ownership in respect of the land or any part thereof; and

(ii) on every person who appears to the Director to be an

occupier of the land or any part thereof,

if such person can be found;

(b) shall be published by the Director-

(i) in one issue of the Gazette in both the English and Chinese

languages;

(ii) in one issue of an English language newspaper;

(iii) in one issue of a Chinese language newspaper; and

(iv) by affixing a copy in the English and Chinese languages

upon a conspicuous part of the land; and

(c) shall be made available by the Director for inspection by the public free of charge at such offices of the Government as the Director may direct, during the hours when those offices are normally open to the public.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall—

(a) be in such form as the Director may from time to time determine;