1234 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH DECEMBER, 1890.
Ordinance to be read with No. 15 of 1888.
Sections 3, 10, 11, 20, and 25 mud form 4:1) tintended.
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42 Gf Ordi nater 15 of 18x8.
Scerion sub- stisurod for section 42.
No. 17 or 1890.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordi- nance No. 15 of 1888, entitled The Rating Ordinance, 1888.
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F. FLEMING,
Officer Administering the Government.
[6th December, 1890.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance shall be read and construed as one with Ordinance No. 15 of 1888.
2. The said Ordinance No. 15 of 1888 is hereby amended as follows:-
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1. In section 3 sub-section 1 by substituting for the words "Schedule A" the words Form A (1),
2. In sections 5 and 20 by adding after the words
"Form A" the figure (1).
3. In sections 10, 11, and 25 by substituting for the
word "Schedule" the word “Form.”
4. In Form A. (1) by substituting for the words "Note. The owner or occupier of any Tenement” the words "Note.-Any person," and by adding after the figures $100 the words "for each tene- ment in respect of which such false or incorrect particulars are furnished."
Section 42 of the said Ordinance is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not affect the validity of anything. duly done, or of any conviction thereunder, nor shall it affect any punishment incurred or inflicted thereunder.
4. In place of such repealed section the words following shall be substituted, namely:-
The penalties hereinafter mentioned for offences against this Ordinance shall be recoverable in a summary way before a Magistrate at any time within two years from the commission of the offence.
1. Any owner or occupier of a tenement who refuses or neglects to furnish the particulars required by section 3 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
2. Any person who shall knowingly furnish any false or incorrect particulars specified in Form A.(1) of Ordinance No. 15 of 1888 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for each tenement in respect to which such false or incorrect particulars are furnished.
3. Every owner or occupier of any tenement refusing to exhibit when required to the Assessor any receipt for rent or any book or other document relevant to the valuation shall be liable to a penal- ty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
4. Any person who shall prevent, hinder, or obstruct the Assessor from entering, inspecting, and measuring any tenement, after delivery of dne notice of his intention to do so, and after the lapse of twenty-four hours from such notice, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
5. Any person who shall prevent, hinder, or obstruct. the numbering or the maintenance or alteration of the number of any tenement, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars. 6. Any person who shall conceal, remove, deface or obliterate the number of any tenement, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars; and also, in cases where such concealment or obliter- ation arises from the act of the owner or occupier of such tenement, shall be liable to a penalty of one dollar for each day during which it is ccn- tinued.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 20th day of October, 1890.
F. A. HAZELAND, Acting Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 6th day of December, 1890.
W. M. DEANE,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
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