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HONGKONG.
ANNO DECIMO QUARTO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. No. 3 of 1851.
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BY His Excellency Sir SAMUEL GEORGE BONHAM, Knight Comman- der of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Comman- der-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice- Admiral of the same, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, and Chief Super- intendent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE No. 2 or 1845, ENTITLED, " AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE AN ASSESSED RATE ON LANDS, HOUSES, AND "PREMISES, WITHIN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG, FOR THE UPHOLDING
OF THE REQUISITE POLICE FORCE THEREIN.'
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[10th June, 1851.]
WHEREAS Inconvenience has arisen from the Occurrence of Appeals being instituted against Valuations for Police Assessment, after the Percentage or Rate required for upholding the Police Force for the ensuing Year, based on such Valuations, has been determined by the Governor with the Advice of the Executive Council, in pursuance of the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845; and whereas it is desirable not only to fix a Limit within which such Appeals may be made, but also to facilitate such Appeals and to render them less Expensive; and whereas also it is desirable that the Valuations to be hereafter made under the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, should be made in the Month of January in each Year:
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I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Valuation for Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council the Assessment thereof, That a Valuation of the Property liable to Police Assessment of Police Rate to within the said Colony shall be made in the Month of January in each be made in the Year, and in the Manner provided by the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, ry in each Year, Month of Janub- unless the said Governor with the Advice of the Executive Council unless Governor shall deem it expedient to permit any existing Valuation to stand, in in Council shall which case it shall be duly notified during such Month of January in publicly notify one or more of the Public Newspapers of the said Colony, that such Valuation is to existing Valuation is to stand good for the then current Year, and be stand good... taken as and for a new Valuation; and be it provided that in the event Notified Valus- of such Valuation being so notified as standing for such current Year, it tion subject to shall and may be lawful for any Person to appeal against such declared Appeal. or notified Valuation within Six Weeks from the Publication of such Notice, in the same Manner as if made by Assessors in pursuance of the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845.
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II. And be it further enacted and ordained, That whenever any Respecting the Person liable to the Payment of Police Tax shall consider that the Step preliminary Yearly Valuation of the Assessors in regard to the Premises for which to Appeal against he is liable is excessive, he shall send to the Assessors, within Fifteen Valuation. Days after he has first received Notice of such Valuation, a Written Statement of the Amount to which in his Opinion such Valuation ought to be reduced; and if the Assessors shall refuse or neglect, within Fifteen Days from the Receipt of such Statement, to reduce such Valuation, or to satisfy such Person of the Propriety of their first Valuation, then, and not before, it shall be lawful for such Person to appeal to the Supreme Court, in the Manner provided by the said Ordinance No. 2 of 1845. Provided always, that no Appeal shall be allowed after the Lapse of Six Weeks from the first Receipt of the Notice of Valuation, or Government Notification aforesaid, as the case may be, notwithstanding the Provisions of any previous Ordinance to the contrary.
III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That the Mode of such Mode of Appeal. Appeal shall be as follows, namely,--by Summons to be served on the said Assessors, and to be issued by the Registrar of the said Supreme Court; and that for every such Summons the Appellant shall pay a Fee
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