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Amendment of section 129.
9.
Amendment of section 130.
LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) (AMENDMENT)
Section 129 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by deleting "either without being liable to the payment of any rent or at a rent not exceeding the rate of $75 a month or $900 a year" and substituting the following-
"with a rateable value at the time of an application by an owner under this section not exceeding $30,000";
(b) by deleting ", where an action has been commenced for the recovery of
possession of the premises,"; and
(c) by deleting "a summons" and substituting the following—
"an originating summons".
10. Section 130 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by deleting "A summons" and substituting the following-
"An originating summons"; and (b) by deleting "the summons" wherever
following--
occurs and substituting the
"the originating summons".
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(4) Sections 9, 10 and 11 shall not apply to an application by or on behalf of an owner under section 129 of the principal Ordinance made before 1 August 1986.
(5) Section 12 shall not apply to an application by or on behalf of an owner under section 132 of the principal Ordinance made before 1 August 1986.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 2nd day of July 1986.
LAW Kam-sang,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
Amendment of section 131.
Amendment of section 132.
Addition of new section 132A.
Amendment of section 136A.
Transitional.
11. Section 131 of the principal Ordinance is amended— (a) by deleting "a summons" and substituting the following-
"an originating summons"; and
(b) by deleting "the summons" and substituting the following--
"the originating summons".
12. Section 132 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "not exceeding in value $75 a month or $900 a year" and substituting the following—
"the rateable value of which at the time of any demand made under this section does not exceed $30,000".
13. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 132 the following-
"Amendment of sections 129 and 132 by Legislative Council.
132A. The Legislative Council may by resolution amend the sums mentioned in sections 129 and 132.".
14. Section 136A of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by being renumbered as subsection (1) thereof; and
(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following—
"(2) Any public officer or class of public officer employed in the Rating and Valuation Department and authorized in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner may exercise the powers of the Commis- sioner conferred on him by this section.".
15. (1) Section 2 shall not apply in respect of any notice served under section 10(1A) of the principal Ordinance before 1 August 1986.
(2) Section 3 shall not apply in respect of any application under section 57 of the principal Ordinance received by the Commissioner before 19 December 1986.
(3) Section 6 shall not apply in respect of any request for a warrant under section 101 of the principal Ordinance before 1 August 1986.
LAW Kam-sang,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.