1390
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation.
Appointment
of valuers.
(5 of 1868 s. 3.)
Valuation of
tenements to be
made.
(5 of 1863 secs. 3-
and 4)
Adoption of
existing
valuation for
the ensuing
year.
(5 of 1863 s. 4.)
Powers of valuers.
[5 of 1863 s. 5.]
"ORDINANCE No. 12 of 1875.
Rating.
No. 12 of 1875.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the Ordinances relating to the
Assessment and Collection of Rates in the Colony.
[7th September, 1875.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the Ordinances relating to the assessment and collection of rates in Hongkong: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as "The Rating Ordinance, 1875."
2. 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.
Valuation-Appeal.
3. 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.
4. The valuers so appointed shall, in each year, before such day as the Governor in Council directs, make or cause to be made a valuation of the tenements in the Colony, or of such part thereof as the Governor in Council directs.
5. The Governor in Council may, in any year, adopt any existing valuation, either wholly or in part, as the valuation for the ensuing year, or for any part thereof; and in such case shall cause notice of such adoption and of the extent thereof to be published in the Gazette before the day for completing the valuation.
Any existing valuation so adopted shall, for the purposes of appeal, be considered as a new valuation.
6. Any valuer may require the owner or occupier of any tenement to furnish him with the particulars specified in the headings to 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