Surrenders of Land to Crown
51. 310 Deeds of Surrender comprising 426 lots or sections of lots were prepared and put through by the Land Office. Some of these surrenders were required in connection with exchanges negotiated by Government for public purposes and with regrants of land. Many of the remaining surrenders were free surrenders of portions of scavenging lanes being taken over by the Government. Compensation was paid for lots acquired by the Government by way of surrender under the Urban Renewal Pilot Scheme and in a relatively small number of other cases, mostly having to do with street widening. The total amount of com- pensation paid for surrenders of land in 1970-71 was $7,581,391, as compared with the total of $5,429,085 in 1969–70.
Re-entries upon Land by Crown and Vesting of Premises in The Colonial
Treasurer Incorporated
52. The Crown Rights (Re-entry) Ordinance was repealed during the year and replaced by the Crown Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance 1970, which came into effect on 1st June 1970 (see paragraph 191). Under the provisions of the new Ordinance-
(a) land may be re-entered upon by the Crown for breach of any covenant in the Crown lease thereof, or for breach of any condition or stipulation of any tenancy thereof, by the registration in the Land Office of a Memorial of Re-entry signed by an officer duly authorized by the Governor, whereupon the land is re-vested in the Crown; and
(b) a relevant interest, i.e. an undivided share in the land on which a building stands and the premises in that building to which it relates, may be vested in The Colonial Treasurer Incorporated for such breach as aforesaid in respect of the relevant interest, or for default in payment of the determined Crown rent or the determined annual instalment of premium in respect of the relevant interest, by the registration in the Land Office of a Vesting Notice signed by an officer duly authorized by the Governor, whereupon the relevant interest is vested in The Colonial Treasurer Incorporated absolutely and free from any incumbrances.
In either of the above cases the former owner may petition the Governor or the Supreme Court for relief against forfeiture.
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