THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH DECEMBER, 1885.
Miscellaneous.
30. Any notice required by this Ordinance to be served upon the occupier or owner of any Tenement may be served by leaving it at such tenement if occupied, or if not occupied, at the abode or place of business of such owner.
31. No misnomer or inaccurate description of any person, place, or tenement, in any document required for the purposes of this Ordinance, nor any mistake, informality, or omission committed in any proceeding had hereunder, shall invalidate or prejudice such document or proceeding, or in anywise affect the execution of this Ordinance, provided that such person, place, or tenement be designated in such document or proceeding to common intent and understanding, and that such mistake, informality, or omission be not of such a nature as to prevent the requirements of this Ordinance from being substantially complied with.
32. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make, alter, and repeal regulations for the better and more effectual carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance. All such regulations shall be published in the Gazette, and when so published shall have the force of law.
33. This Ordinance shall take effect upon a day to be hereafter proclaimed by the Governor.
34. Ordinance No. 12 of 1875 is hereby repealed, but this repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by the said Ordinance, and shall not affect the validity of any rate made before the commencement of this Ordinance, or the liability of any person to pay such rate, or the remedies for recovering such rate, and the said remedies may be enforced as if this Ordinance had not been passed.
35. No Judge shall be incapable of acting in his judicial office in any proceeding, whether commenced before or after the passing of this Ordinance, by reason of his being, as one of several rate-payers, or as one of any other class of persons, liable in common with the others to contribute to or to be benefitted by any rate which may be increased, diminished, or in any way affected by such proceeding.
ARATHOON SETU,
Clerk of Councils.
Service of notices.
Misnomers,
No, nos to affect the ex- éention of this Ordinance.
Regulations.
Commence- mcut.
Repeal
Judges may act in certain cases relating to rates.
SCHEDULE.
Form A.
FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE YEAR 18
To owner or occupier of
In pursuance of The Municipal Rates Ordinance, 1885, we require you to furnish us with the particulars relating to this tenement in the manner specified below, and to return this document to us at
within one week from the date hereof.
Dated this
day of
18
Valuers under The Municipal Rates Ordinance, 1855.
FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE YEAR 18
Return of houses, buildings, and lands, at
in the
Colony of Hongkong, of which the undersigned is owner.
Lot.
Street.
Trek- cript-No. Name. No.
ion.
Description of tenement. 1-Whether dwelling-house with out-hotesen, garden, &c., occupied there- with, or |2.-Warehouse ori other building, 30., separately осспрей.
Whether occupied or
Actual amount
Ier anum in dollars for
ench tencment.
If the former, name and calling of the occupier, whether Owner or lessee,
If let or leased,' the period of the tenure, when entered
pun, and whether the pretalses are kept in repair by the
owner or the least at bis
own cost.
Remarks.
4
1075