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| (1) The Minister may, by Order (hereafter in this Act referred to as a "requisitioning Order") published in the Gazette, requisition, with effect from such date as shall be specified in the Order, any notified property as is immovable property, in order that it may be temporarily used by the Corporation for the purposes of its business. |
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| (2) Before a requisitioning Order takes effect, the Minister may from time to time alter, by Order published in the Gazette, the date on which such requisitioning Order takes effect. |
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| (3) A requisitioning Order shall have the effect of authorizing the Corporation, with effect from the date specified in the Order, to take possession of the property specified in the Order and to use such property temporarily for the purpose of the business of the Corporation in any manner whatsoever. |
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| (4) Where any property is requisitioned by a requisitioning Order, the Minister may, by Order (hereafter in this Act referred to as " derequisitioning Order") published in the Gazette, derequisition such property with effect from such date as shall be specified in the derequisitioning Order. |
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| (5) Before a derequisitioning Order takes effect, the Minister may from time to time alter, by Order published in the Gazette, the date on which such derequisitioning Order takes effect. |
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| (6) Where, immediately before the date on which any property is requisitioned under this Act, a person, other than the owner of such property, was entitled to possession of or any other right, title or interest in such property under the terms of any arrangement, agreement (formal or informal), lease or notarially executed instrument that arrangement, agreement (formal or informal), lease or notarially executed instrument shall be deemed for all purposes to have expired on that date. |
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| (7) Where any property is derequisitioned by a derequisitioning Order such Order shall be deemed to have the effect of reviving any arrangement, agreement (formal or informal), lease or notarially executed instrument subsisting on the date on which the property was requisitioned, and any question which may arise as to any right, title or interest, in or over that property shall be determined accordingly. |
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| (8) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or in any other law the provisions of subsection (7) shall not apply to any arrangement, agreement (formal or informal), lease or notarially executed instrument affecting any movable or immovable property of the Crown subsisting on the date on which the property was requisitioned. |
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| (9) Where any property requisitioned for the Corporation is permanently required for the purpose of the business of the Corporation, such property may be vested in the Corporation by a vesting Order. |
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