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Post Office Act 1908
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47Power of Postmaster-General to sell or exchange lands
(1)The Postmaster-General may, with the consent of the Treasury, sell, exchange, lease, or surrender on any terms, any land for the time being vested in him, and on any such exchange may give or receive any money for equality of exchange ; and may sell either by public auction or by private contract, and may make any stipulations, as to title or otherwise, in any conditions of sale or contract for sale or exchange, and may buy in at any auction, and may rescind or vary any contract for sale or exchange, and may re-sell or re-exchange any such land.
(2)On any sale, exchange, lease, or surrender, the Postmaster-General may stipulate for, create, or reserve all such rights or easements as may be deemed proper.
(3)A person dealing with the Postmaster-General in respect of land or rights in or over land, whether as vendor, lessor, purchaser, lessee, or otherwise, shall not be bound or entitled to inquire whether the consent of the Treasury has been given to that dealing, or whether the dealing is in fact authorised by any Act relating to the Post Office.
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