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New Kowloon.

Sub-section (2) provides that the Ordinance shall

not apply to any new building which obtains its occupation certi-

Section 204 of ficate after the commencement of the Ordinance. Ordinance No. 1 of 1903 provides that a new building may not be occupied until the Building Authority has given an occupation certi-

ficate.

27.

28.

Section 10 deals with the duration of the Ordinance.

Section 11 is an attempt to regulate temporarily the relations between landlord and tenant when the Ordinance comes to an end.

29. Section 12 gives the assessor power to reduce valuations in

certain cases.

30.

Section 13 has already been referred to in paragraph 9 above. The jurisdiction is given to the Summary Court, and no appeal is provided for. Probably the section should have provided ex- pressly that there should be no appeal but this point was over-

looked.

31. Section 14 is based on paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of

section 2 of 10 and 11 Geo. 6, c.17.

32.

Section 15 was intended to apply to the case of a lease for a definite term. As worded it seems to apply to all tenancies.

This raises the question whether, and, if so, how, a tenancy from month to month can expire during the currency of the Ordinance.

the

It seems possible that contractual tenancy can be determined by

a notice to quit, though of course the supervening statutary ten-

If the ancy prevents the actual tenancy from beingdetermined.

contractual tenancy can be determined, presumably the lessor ould obtain judgment against the lessee for possession of any part

This is not of the premises not occupied by the lessee himself.