Hong Kong Ordinances

RAILWAYS ORDINANCE - SECT 36

Jurisdiction of Lands Tribunal

PART IV

ASSESSMENT AND AWARD OF COMPENSATION

(1) The Lands Tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine-

   (a)  all claims for compensation which the Secretary or the claimant may
        refer to it under section 34(6) or (7); and

   (b)  applications under sections 28(2) and 33(2).

(2) The Lands Tribunal has jurisdiction to award compensation or a part of the
compensation to a claimant if at the time of the award it does not have notice
or intimation of any dispute as to his entitlement. The making of an award
does not affect the entitlement to receive compensation under this Ordinance
of any other person who may after that award be held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to have a better title to the compensation or a part of it than
the person to whom it was awarded.

(3) An award of compensation under subsection (2) does not affect the
entitlement of a mortgagee to be paid compensation under section 37.