THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH DECEMBER, 1885.
LS
G. F. BoWEN.
1071
No. 21 OF 1885.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, entitled The Municipal Rates Ordinance, 1885.
BE
[12th December, 1885.]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. In this Ordinance :-
The term City of Victoria means the City of Victoria as bounded and defined under the provisions of the Victoria Registration Ordinance, 1866.
The term Tenement means any land, with or without buildings, which is held or occupied as a distinct holding or tenancy; and includes piers and wharves erected in the harbour.
The term Owner means the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence, or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability.
The term Public Institution means the City Hall and also any tenement or portion of a tenement used or maintained wholly for any of the following purposes :-
Art,
Burial,
Charitable relief,
Education,
Literature,
Medical relief of the sick,
Religious Worship,
Science,
and not for gain or pecuniary profit.
Valuation.
2. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, appoint one or more valuers for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may allow them such remuneration as he thinks fit.
3. The valuers so appointed shall, in each year, before such day as the Governor in Council directs, make a valuation of the tenements in the Colony, or of such part thereof as the Governor in Council directs.
4. Any valuer may require the owner or occupier of any tenement to furnish him with the particulars specified in form A in the schedule hereto; and
May, from time to time, enter into and upon any tenement for the purpose of making a valuation thereof; and
May call upon such owner or occupier to exhibit to him all receipts for rent, rent-books, accounts, or other docu- ments whatever connected with the rent or value of such tenement.
If the owner or occupier refuse to allow him to enter any tenement, he may give to such owner or occupier written notice requiring permission to enter; and after twenty-four hours from the delivery of such notice may, at any time during the day time, enter into and upon the said tenement and inspect the same, and, if necessary, may use force to effect his entry, doing no more damage than is necessary for the purpose.
5. If any owner or occupier of a tenement refuses or neglects to furnish the aforesaid particulars within one week after being required to do so;
Or knowingly furnishes false or incorrect particulars ; Or refuses to exhibit to the valuers any receipt for rent or book or other document relevant to the valuation;
Appointment of valuers.
Valuation of tenements to be made,
Powers of valuers.
Penalties.
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