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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 30, 1929.
New sub- section (5) added to section 39
of Ordinance No. 6 of 1901.
New sub- section (8) added to
section 43
of Ordinance No. 6 of
1901, and consequent renumbering of existing sub-section (8) as sub- section (9).
4. The following new sub-section is added at the end of section 39 of the Rating Ordinance, 1901 :·
(5) No person shall, in respect of any period, be liable to pay rates in respect of a tenement which is intended to be occupied and used solely for the purpose of affording protection in the event of hostile attack from the air, or for purposes auxiliary thereto, if approved by the Air Raid Precautions Officer and the Assessor, and which is not occupied or used for any other purpose.
5. Section 43 of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, is amended-
(a) by inserting the following new sub-section after sub-section (7) thereof as amended by Ordinance No. 16 of 1931, and Ordinance No. 21 of 1938:-
(8) Every owner or occupier who uses or occupies or knowingly permits to be used or occupied any room or other part of a tenement, which is exempted from assessment to rates under the provisions of section 2 (i) or of section 39 (5), for any purposes other than the purposes authorized under the said provisions, shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.
(b) by renumbering as sub-section (9) the sub-section (8) added by Ordinance No. 21 of 1938.
Passed the Legislative Council of Kong Hong, this 29th day of June, 1939.
C. B. BURGESS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.