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Amendments
to Ordinance No. 44 of 1939, s. 3
(4).
Amendments
to Ordinance No. 44 of 1939, s. 3
(5).
Amendments
to Ordinance
No. 44 of
1939, s. 4.
Amendments
to Ordinance No. 44 of 1939, s. 6.
Amendment to Ordinance No. 44 of 1939, s. 7.
Amendment
No. 44 of 1939, s. 9.
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6. Sub-section (4) of section 3 of the principal Ordin-
is amended
wher-
(i) by the deletion of the word "dwelling-house ever it occurs and by the substitution therefor of the word "tenement ";
(ii) by the deletion of the words which was lawfully sub-let to him at or before the 3rd day of June, 1938" and by the substitution therefor of the words which is lawfully sub-let to him".
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7. Sub-section (5) of section 3 of the principal Ordin- ance is amended by the deletion of the word dwelling- house" in paragraph (d) and in the second proviso, and by the substitution therefor of the word 'tenement ".
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8. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended--- (i) by the deletion of the word "dwelling-house' in the second line, and by the substitution therefor of the word
tenement";
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(i) by the insertion after the words thinks proper
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in the ninth line of the words but not allowing any increase or anticipated increase in respect of taxation under the War Revenue Ordinance, 1940 ".
9. Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended-- (i) by the deletion of the word "dwelling-house" in sub-sections (1) and (3) and by the substitution therefor of the word "tenement
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(ii) by the addition after the word tenement' at the end of sub-section (1) as so amended of the words "but not allowing any increase or anticipated increase in respect of taxation under the War Revenue Ordinance, 1940".
10. Section 7 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of the word "dwelling-house" in the fourth line, and by the substitution therefor of the word tenement".
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11. Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended by to Ordinance the deletion of the words "until the first day of June 1940 " and by the substitution therefor of the words until the termination of the War which began on the 3rd September, 1939 ".
Objects and Reasons.
1. In its application the principal Ordinance No. 44 of 1939, was limited to dwellings (other than dwellings in respect of which the rent included payments in respect of board, attendance or use of furniture) in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon held by tenants who had been sitting tenants thereof on the 3rd June, 1938.
2. It is considered necessary to extend, for the duration of the War, the scope of the Ordinance to all tenements in the Colony except furnished dwellings let at a rent which includes payments in respect of board and residence.
3. The reason for this extension is to prevent landlords passing on to their tenants the War Taxes or anticipated War Taxes imposed on them under the War Revenue Ordinance, 1940.
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