Exercise of powers of Commissioner. (Cup 116.)
Forms.
Enlargement of time.
Rules.
Service of notice.
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(2) Notice of appointments to the panel shall be published in the Guzette.
18. (1) The Commissioner may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, exercise any of the powers conferred on him by section 4 of the Rating Ordinance.
(2) The powers conferred and duties imposed by this Ordin- ance on the Commissioner, other than those relating to a review, may be exercised and performed by any public officer employed in the Department of Rating and Valuation who holds the office of Senior Rating and Valuation Surveyor or above.
(3) The powers conferred and duties imposed by this Ordin- ance on the Commissioner relating to a review and to an assess- ment under section 13 may be exercised and performed by any Assistant Commissioner or any Principal Rating and Valuation Surveyor.
19. (1) The Commissioner may specify the forms to be used under this Ordinance,
(2) The Commissioner may publish in the Gazette any form specified by him under subsection (1).
(3) The Commissioner may in his discretion accept any notice or application which is not in the form specified.
20. Where under this Ordinance time is fixed for the making of any application to the Commissioner, be may enlarge such time.
21. The Chief Justice may make rules regulating—
(a) the practice and procedure in all proceedings brought
before the court under this Ordinance;
(6) the costs which the court may award upon the deter- mination of any proceedings under this Ordinance;
(c) the fees to be paid to the court in respect of any pro-
ceedings under this Ordinance.
22. Service of any notice, application, certificate or other document under this Ordinance may be effected-
(a) by personal service.
(B) by registered post addressed to the last known place of
business or residence of the person to be served, or
(e) in the case of service on a tenant or sub-tenant, by leaving the notice, application, certificate or other docu- ment with an adult occupier of the premises in which the tenant or sub-tenant resides and to which such docu- ment relates.
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23 Nothing in this Ordinance shall-
(a) authorize any increase in rent during the unexpired portion of a tenancy or sub-tenancy for a fixed term: (b) subject to subsection (7) of section 15 and paragraph (2) of subsection (1) of section 7 afford to any sub-tenant any security of tenure more extensive than that enjoyed by his principal tenant; or
(c) affect any right or remedy arising, either before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, out of any breach of condition or other term in any tenancy or out of any condition providing for a right of re-entry in the event of the business of the tenant being wound up, the tenant suffering execution to be levied or a receiving order in bankruptcy to be made, assigning the lease for the benefit of creditors or entering any agreement or making any arrangement with creditors for the liquidation of debts by composition or otherwise:
Provided that a covenant to yield up possession on a specified date shall be construed as a covenant to yield up possession on such later date as may be neces- sary to permit the giving of notice of termination as required by the Tenancy (Notice of Termination) Ordinance.
24. Subject to the provision of subsection (4) of section 6. this Ordinance shall expire at midnight on the 31st day of May 1972.
25. The Security of Tenure (Domestic Premises) Ordinance 1970 is repealed.
26. Where-
(a) by virtue of section 4 any tenancy is not subject to this Ordinance or is excluded from the provisions thereof; and (b) a notice of termination in respect of such tenancy bad been given under the Tenancy (Notice of Termination) Ordinance prior to the 30th day of January 1970,
the period between the 30th day of January 1970 and-
(i) the date of the commencement of this Ordinance in respect of such tenancies to which this Ordinance does not apply: or
Saving.
(Cap. 335.)
Expiry of Ordinance.
Repeal of Security of Tenure (Domestic Premises) Ordinance 1970.
Transitional
(Cap. 335.)