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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Draft Bill.
No. S. 48. The following Bill is published for general infor-
mation:-
Short title.
Amendment
[No. 47/34-28.1.35.-5.]
A BILL
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance, 1901.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as fol- lows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rating Amend- ment Ordinance, 1935.
2. The Rating Ordinance, 1901, is amended by the of Ordinance addition of the following heading and section at the end
thereof :-
No. 6 of
1901 by
addition of now s. 49
and heading.
Special
Modifications in New Territories (other than New Kowloon).
49. In their application to the New Territories, other modifications than New Kowloon, the provisions of this Ordinance shall
be subject to the following modifications:-----
for rating
in the New Territories, other than New Kowloon.
(1) The powers and duties of the Assessor and of the Treasurer shall be exercised and carried out by the District Officer, North, in respect of the Northern District, and by the District Officer, South, in respect of the Southern District of the said Territories. The office of the appropriate District Officer shall be substituted for the Treasury in Section 14.
(2)(a) Rates shall be assessed, imposed and levied in respect of buildings only, and in such areas only, as may be declared by the Governor in Council to be urban areas. The words "urban area" shall be substituted for the word "district" in lines 2 and 5 of section 15.
(b) Every such urban area shall be delineated and shewn on a plan approved by the Governor in Council and deposited in the office of the District Officer of the district in which such area is situated.
(3)-(a) Rateable buildings shall
follows:-
be
classified as
Special class...Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $4,000.
First class..
.Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $2,000 but not over $4,000.
Second class...Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $750 but not over $2,000.
Third class.....Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $200 but not over $750.