(b) by the deletion of the definition of the expression "court", and by the substitution therefor of the following-
""court" means the District Court:** *
(c) by the deletion from the definition of the expression "domestic premises" of the words "includes every bed-space, cubicle, room, portion of a floor, floor or building which is the subject of a separate letting and which is used wholly or primarily for human habitation", and by the substitution therefor of the following-
"means premises the subjen of a separate letting (including any bed-space, cubicle, room, floor portion of a flour or building) which are used wholly or primarily for human habitation";
(4) by the deletion from the definition of the expression "standard rent" in the last two lines thereof, of the words
"with an addition thereto of twenty per eon!"'-
(e) by the deletion from the definition of the expression "tenant" of paragraph (c), and the substitution therefor of the following-
"(c) the widow of a tenant, residing with the tenant at the time of his death, or where the tenant leaves no widow or is a woman, such member of the tenant's family so residing as aforesaid as may be decided in default of agreement by a tenancy tribunal.";
() by the addition thereto of the following definitions, in their appropriate alphabetical order having regard to the initial letter of each of them,-
(Cap. 123).
"'agricultural land" means land which is held from the Crown on terms the effect of which is to prohibit the use thereof otherwise than as agricultural land or to prohibit the erection thereon of any building without the consent of the Crown;
"Building Authority" includes an officer deputed by the Governor in Council for the purposes of section 138, 139, 140 or 141 of the Buildings Ordinance;
"permitted rent" means the rent lawfully payable under the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of any premises;".
3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) by the addition to subsection (1) of the following new
paragraphs-
**(aa) agricultural land or any building thereon, other than a building erected before the 17th day of August, 1945; or
(ab) land lest unbuilt upon save where such land has been let with, and for the better enjoyment of, any building, or save where a building to which this Ordinance applies has subsequently been erected thercon; or";
(b) by the deletion from the last line of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of the word "seven" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"'five'"'.
Amendment
of section
3.
The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after Addition section 3, of the following new sections-
to building covenant
**Recovery 3A. (1) Whenever any person becomes liable to premises
the Crown under a building covenant compliance subjected wherewith involves the demolition of premises subject to this Ordinance of which premises such person is in law or equity the lessee of the Crown, vacant posses- sion of such premises shali, subject to the provisions of this section and of sections 3B, 3C, 3D and 3E, be recoverable by such lessee upon the expiration of two months from the giving of a certificate by the Director of Public Works (in this Ordinance referred to as a re-building certificate) that in the opinion of the Director of Public Works it is reasonable that in order to comply with the building covenant aforesaid such person should be given vacant possession of the premises.
(2) After due consideration of an application for a re-building certificate, the Director of Public Works shall deliver written notice to the applicant of his intention either to give or not to give such certificate.
of now sections 3A, 3B, 3C, #D ́and 88.