Amendment
of section 51.
Amendment
of section 32.
Addition of new scction
$7.
or in any such premises in substitution for any circuit breaker installed on or in the premises under this subsection.
(2) Where under subsection (1) a competent authority installs a circuit breaker on or in any premises, there shall be payable to the Government by the tenant of such premises, in respect of the installation thereof and of such rising mains and other electrical fitments as may be necessary, such charge as may be prescribed.
(3) Where, before the commencement of the Resettle- ment (Amendment) Ordinance 1966, a competent authority has installed a circuit breaker on or in any premises let by factory tenancy card or by tenancy card and used as a factory, there shall be payable to the Government by the tenant of such premises, in respect of the installation thereof and of the rising mains and other electrical fitments accessory thereto, such charge as may be prescribed.".
3. Subsection (1) of section 51 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the insertion, after paragraph (g), of the following new paragraph-
"(gg) the amount of the charges to be paid under section 350;”,
4. Subsection (2) of section 52 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the insertion, after the word "Works", of the following
"or, in the case of any such area in the New Territories, by the District Commissioner".
5. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after section 56, of the following new section-
"General powers of competent
authority.
57. (1) Without prejudice to any other powers vested in a competent authority whether under this Ordinance or otherwise, it is hereby declared for the avoidance of doubl that a competent authority has power--
(a) subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to.
enter into any contract;
(b) to receive or pay out, whether or not as a result of civil proceedings, any sum or charge due under any contract entered into under paragraph (2); and (c) to do anything ancillary or incidental to the
powers set out in paragraph (0) or (6).
(2) Any amount received or paid out under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) shall be payable into or out of the general revenue of the Colony.".
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 24th day of August, 1966, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretariat BL10/4802/55)
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Deputy Clerk of Councils.