HUNGHOM BAY RECLAMATION ORDINANCE, 1909

HUNGHOM BAY RECLAMATION ORDINANCE, 1909

No. 2 of 1909.
To authorise for public purposes the Reclamation of certam
portions of the Crown foreshore and sea bed situate m Hunghom Bay.

[12th March, 1909.]
WHEREAS a Government Railway is in course of construction betsveen
Tsim Sha Tsui and Lo Fu Ferry and it is necessary fro the pur-
poses of such consstruction that certain portions of the Crown fore-
shore and sea bed should be reclaimed; AND WHEREAS certain
reclamation has heretofore taken place and it is desirable to vali-
date and legalise the same:-

1. The Hunghom Bay Reclamation Ordinance, 1909.

2.-(a) It shall be lawful for the Governor for the purposes of the
Government Railway between Tsim Sha Tsui and Lo Fu Ferry to
reclaim, enclose, and fill up all the CRown foreshore and sea bed the
limits and boundaires of which are delineated generally in pink upon
a plan signed by Graves William Eves, chief Resident Engineer,
Kowloon Caton Railway, and countersigned by the Director of
Public workds, dated 24th February, 1909, and deposited in the
Land office.
(b) The Governor may at any time for the purposes aforesaid
reclaiin, enclose, and fill up such further Crown foreshore and sea
bed as is contiguous to the said delineated limits and boundaries as
he may deem expedient, so long as such further reclamation shall
not extend beyond the limits delineated generally by the line in
yellow upan the said plan and marked - limits of deviation.'

3. So far as the said work of reclamation has taken place such
reclamation is hereby validated and legalised for all intents and
purposes as if the same had been duly effected under this Ordinance.

As amefided b~ No. 12 of 1912.
As amended by No. 12 of 1912 kiid No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
4. All public rights, privileges and easenients in upon and over
such portions of the Crown foreshore and sea bed as are or shall be
reclaimed for the purposes aforesaid are hereby determined and shall
be deemed to have ceased to exist prior to the commencement of the
said work of reclamation.

5. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall derogate from any of
the powers or rights of the Crown in respect of the said foreshore or
sea bed.

Short title. Power to carry out works of reclamation. Past work legalized. Determination of public rights. Saving of rights of the Crown.

Short title. Power to carry out works of reclamation. Past work legalized. Determination of public rights. Saving of rights of the Crown.

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