Section 16

Notwithstanding any provision of this Ordinance relating to the amount payable on the acquisition of specified land or to the amount of the reserve price at any sale of such land by public auction, if such land is registered in the name of any person other than the original lessee and such persons is able to satisfy the Director or the judge that the cost of the

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acquisition of such land by him was greater than the amount which would otherwise be fixed under any such provision, such cost shall be substituted for such amount.