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CAP. 116]
Inspection of
valuation lists and information thereon.
Corrections.
(Cap. 123.)
Rating
[1987 Ed.
(ii) that the document is a true copy of or extract from the list or record to which it refers; and
(b) such document shall be prima facie evidence of all matters
contained therein.
(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall prejudice the admissibility of any evidence which would be admissible apart from the provisions of that subsection.
(Added, 33 of 1987, s. 11)
15. (1) The Collector of Rates shall make available for public inspection a copy, in legible form, of each valuation list during office hours on every day (not being a public holiday) in the month of March immediately preceding the date on which each such list first comes into force.
(2) Prior notice of intention to make such valuation lists available for inspection, and of the place and time at which the lists may be inspected, shall be published in the Gazette, and in at least one newspaper in the English language and one in the Chinese language, published daily for circulation in Hong Kong.
(3) Any person may, during the period referred to in subsection (1), take any extract from the copy of the valuation lists, which is made available for inspection.
(4) The Collector of Rates shall, upon application by any person in such manner as he may specify and on payment of such sum as may from time to time be determined by the Financial Secretary and published in the Gazette, provide information contained in a valuation list in force on the address or description and the rateable value of any tenement.
(5) In this section, "office hours" means the hours during which the office of the Collector of Rates is normally open to the public.
(Replaced, 33 of 1981, s. 12)
16. (1) Subject to Part VI, Part IX and section 49, a valuation list in force shall not be altered except to correct-
(a) a misdescription or clerical or arithmetical error; or
(b) a misdescription resulting from a change of house number or street name notified in the Gazette or from the allocation of house numbers under section 32 of the Buildings Ordinance.
(2) The Commissioner shall, if he makes a correction under subsection (1)(a), serve on the owner or occupier of the tenement affected a notice in the specified form of the correction.
(3) The Commissioner shall, if he makes a correction-
(a) under subsection (1)(a) and no notice of objection with regard thereto is served on him in accordance with section 40(1) or, if a valid notice of objection has been lodged,