Enclosure No. 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong.....13th July 192 8.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...........................................................of 192 8.
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1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an Ordinance
to amend the Distress for Rent Ordinance, 1885, and I am of
opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
the Governor's instructions.
2. The power of seizure given by the Distress for Rent
Ordinance, 1883, is a power to seize movable property found
in the apparent possession of the "person" from whom the rent
is claimed. The term "person" does not include a firm, and
it is therefore not possible to issue a distress warrant
against a firm in the firm name. This is inconvenient
because premises are often let to firms and the landlords
frequently do not know the names of the partners.
Section 2
of this Ordinance therefore amends section 15 of the principal
Ordinance so as to enable a distress warrant to be issued to
seize the goods of a firm. Section 3 of this Ordinance makes
a consequential amendment in section 16 of the principal
Ordinance.