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COUNCIL.
LEGISLATIVE
Draft Bill.
No. S. 378.-The following Bill is published for general information:—
[No. 22-18.7.40.-1.]
A BILL
Short title.
Amendment of Ordinance
No. 18 of
1935, s. 85.
INTITULED
An Ordinance to amend the Buildings Ordinance. 1935.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Buildings Amend- ment Ordinance, 1940.
2. Paragraph (2) of the proviso to section 85 of the Buildings Ordinance, 1935, is amended by the substitution of the date 1941 " for the date "1940" at the end thereof.
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Objects and Reasons.
1. Section 85 of the Buildings Ordinance, 1935, as amended by Ordinance No. 58 of 1936 is as follows:-
85. For the purpose of sections 82 and 84, re-erection includes every alteration of an existing building in such a manner as to make the resulting building a new building or in such a manner as to make the resulting building or any part thereof an exceptional building. but the erection of reinforced concrete stairs, roofs, lintels or kitchen or bath- room floors only, in an existing building shall not be deemed to make such building an exceptional building and
Provided that :—
(1) In the case of an existing building which is provided by the owner with an open space in the rear or partly in the rear and partly on the side exclusively belonging to such building, equal in area to not less than one-third of the roofed-over area of such building, the erection of reinforced concrete floors only shall not be deemed to make such building an exceptional building.
(2) Proviso (1) shall only be effective for a period expiring on the 31st December, 1940.
2. The object of this Bill is to extend the effect of Proviso (1) until the 31st December, 1941. The Prevention of Eviction Legislation (Ordinance No. 6 of 1938, Ordinances Nos. 5, 19 and 44 of 1939 and Ordinance No. 14 of 1940) has hindered some building owners in taking advantage of the proviso, so it has been considered equitable to extend its operation for a further year.
C. G. ALABASTER,
Attorney General.
July, 1940.
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