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Chapter: | 283
 | Title: | HOUSING ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | |
| Section: | 25C | Heading: | Sale of detained vehicles | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
(1) When a vehicle which is detained under section 25B is not claimed within 3 days after its detention, the Authority or an authorized officer shall serve on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice informing him- (Amended 79 of 1979 s. 2; 15 of 1982 s. 12)
- (a) of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and
(b) that unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention, on payment of any charges and parking fee payable under section 25B(4), within 14 days after the service of the notice on him, the vehicle shall become the property of the Authority free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Authority by sale or otherwise.
(3) If, within 6 months after the day on which a vehicle is sold pursuant to subsection (2), any person satisfies the Authority that at the time the vehicle became the property of the Authority by virtue of that subsection, he was the registered owner of the vehicle, the Authority shall pay to such person the balance of the proceeds of sale after deducting- (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 12)
- (a) any charges and parking fee payable under section 25B(4); and
(b) any reasonable charges incurred by the Authority in respect of the sale of the vehicle.
(Added 19 of 1978 s. 4)