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Recovery of possession of buildings within areas of approved schemes

Cap. 182, s. 33 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Where any scheme has been approved in accordance with this Part, the Central Authority shall serve on the occupier of any land or building or any part thereof within the area of such scheme a notice stating the effect of such scheme and specifying the date by which the Central Authority require the building to be vacated, and requiring him to quit the said land or the building before the said date or before the expiration of one month from the service of the notice, whichever may be the later. (2) If at any time after the date on which the notice requires the land or building to be vacated, any person is in occupation of the land or building or any part thereof, the Central Authority may make complaint to the magistrate of the district within which the land or building is situate and thereupon the magistrate shall by warrant in the form set out in the Second Schedule order vacant possession of the land or building or of any part thereof to be given to the complainants within such period as may be determined by the magistrate, and the magistrate may allow any costs and expenses incurred by the Central Authority under this section in obtaining possession of any land or building. (3) Any person who, knowing that a scheme in any area has been approved and applied to any land or building, enters into occupation of that land or of any of such buildings or any part thereof after the approval of such scheme in such area or permits any person to enter into such occupation after that date commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and to a further fine of ten dollars for every day or part of a day on which the occupation continues after conviction.
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