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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 3, 1917.
Bill
On the motion of the Attorney General the following sections were added to the
war rate.
9.-(1.) If any person who receives the rent of any tenement or part of a tenement Raising of demands from his tenant, under colour of collecting the said special war rent under rate, an amount which exceeds the amount paid by such person as special colour of collecting war rate in respect of such tenement or part of a tenement, he shall be liable
the special upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars. (2.) No person shall be convicted under this section of demanding an excessive amount from the tenant of a part of any tenement if he proves (a) that the total amount collected by him as special war rate in respect of such tenement is equal to or less than the amount paid by him as special war rate in respect of such tenement and (b) that the demand of an excessive amount from the tenant of such part of such tenement was due to a bonâ fide mistake. (3.) If in any proceedings any question arises to what amount of special war rate is attributable to any part of any tenement the certificate of the Assessor shall be admissible as evidence of such amount.
10.-(1) Any person in the service of the Crown who satisfies the Treasurer that Refund,
he has paid income tax in the United Kingdom or in any British possession on his official pay for any period in respect of which he has also paid the special war rate payable under this Ordinance shall be entitled to a refund of such special war rate not exceeding the amount of such income tax. (2.) For the purpose of the said refund such income tax shall be converted into dollars at the demand rate on the first day of the quarter in respect of which such special war rate was paid.
(3.) No refund shall be payable in respect of any quarter to any person who has not paid within the first month of the quarter all the rates payable by him in respect of that quarter.
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(4.) For the purpose of this section a person shall be deemed to have paid the special war rate although he may have paid such rate through the landlord, hotel keeper, or boarding house keeper upon whose premises he resides and not direct to the Treasurer: Provided that in such case the Treasurer shall decide what amount of special war rate has been so paid.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee with amendments and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
ADJOURNMENT ---Council then adjourned until after the meeting of the Finance
Committee.
SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION BILL.-On Council resuming, the Colonial Secretary reported that the Bill intituled An Ordinance to authorize the Appropriation of a Supple- mentary Sum of Two hundred and ninety-one thousand two hundred and seventy-three Dollars and ninety-seven Cents to defray the Charges of the year 1916, had been approved by the Finance Committee, and moved that the Bill be read a third time.
The Colonial Treasurer seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
ADJOURNMENT.-The Council then adjourned sine die.
Confirmed this 2nd day of August, 1917.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Clerk of Councils.
F. H. MAY,
Governor.