Amendment
of section 24.
Repeal
and re placement
of section 34.
Amendment
of section
Repeal of sections 6, 0, 26. 31, 33 and 35(3).
Amendment
of Part I
of the
Schedule,
(2) The company or any person aggrieved by any exercise of the discretion conferred upon the Financial Secretary may appeal, by way of petition, to the Governor in Council whose decision shall be final.
(3) Subject to the right of appeal conferred by subsection (2), it shall be an offence to fail to comply with any requirement lawfully made under subsection (1) or any requirement which may have been confirmed or substituted therefor on appeal under subsection (2): Penalty a fine of one hundred dollars in respect of each day during which such failure continues.”
Section 24 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the addition thereto of the following sentence-
"The company shall provide, equip and operate to the satisfaction of the Governor in Council in locations suitable for the purpose, telephone exchanges capable of expansion to meet the requirements of the Colony,"
5.
Section 34 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following section—
"Telephone Services
for
Govern- ment.
B.
34. The company shall provide the Government with such telephone services as may be required and in accordance with the charges specified in the Schedule less a discount of fifty per cent."
Subsection (1) of section 39 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (d) of the expression "sections 24 and 26 or any of them” and the substitution therefor of the following--
"section 24".
I. Sections 5, 6, 26, 31 and 33 and subsection (3) of section 35 of the principal Ordinance are repealed.
8. Part 1 of the Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of items and 2 and the substitution therefor of the following-
"1. For an exchange line used for business purposes within Victoria, Kowloon or the Peak District, or within a radius of one mile from any exchange that may be estab- lished outside those areas.
Z.
For an exchange line in a bona fide place of residence within Victoria, Kowloon or the Peak District or within a radius of one mile from any exchange that may be estab- lished outside those areas,
$50 for installation, pay- able in advance. $300 per annum for service, payable in advance, in whole for the first year and thereafter by quarterly instalments. $50 for installation, pay- able in advance. $225 per annum for service, payable in advance, in whole for the first year and thereafter by quarterly instalments."
Part II of the Schedule to the principal Ordinance is Amandinent
9. amended-
(a) by the deletion from the third column of all matter relating to item I and the substitution therefor of the following
**$20 for installation, payable in advance.
$70 per annum for service, payable in advance, in whole for the first year and thereafter by quarterly instalments." ;
(b) by the deletion from the third column of all matter relating to item 4 and the substitution therefor of the following-
"$ao for installation, payable in advance.
$110 per annum for service, payahle in advance, in whole for the first year and thereafter by quarterly instalments."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 4th day of May, 1955.
سلا
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
of Part II
of the Schedule.