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POLICE AND LIGHTING RATES ORDINANCE.

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under the sanction of His Excellency the Governor; but Prisoners charged with Crime or Offence confined for want of Sureties or to take their trial shall not be under any obligation to labour beyond such labour as may be reasonably proper for the purpose of preparing their own food and keeping their Persons and Dress in a proper state, and keeping their Cells clean. any Prisoners for Debt or on Civil process or under committal for trial shall request to be employed in labour, the Superintendent of the Gaol may respectively employ them in such Work as may seem to him suitable.

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XVI. All penalties imposed hereby or by any Rules and Regula- Mode of recovering tions to be in force under this Ordinance shall be sued for and recover-penalties. ed under Ordinance No. 10 of 1844.

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AN ORDINANCE FOR THE BETTER ASSESSING AND COLLECTING THE POLICE AND LIGHTING RATES WITHIN THE COLONY OF HONGKONG.

No. 5 of 1863.

[16th June, 1863.]

Whereas the collection of Police and Lighting Rates assessed Preamble. upon the Occupiers of Tenements in this Colony is difficult and frequently impracticable, and it is expedient to make better provision for the rating of such Tenements, and for the collec- tion of such Rates: Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Acting Governor by and with the advice of the Legislative Council as follows:-

I. Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, Ordinance No. 3 of 1851, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11 of 1856, and Ordinance No. 8 of 1857, shall be and the same hereby are respectively repealed, except as to any Operation already effected by, or Act done under any or either of such Ordinances, or as to any right, title, obligation or liability acquired or accrued thereunder.

Ordinance No. 2 of 1845, Ordinance No. 3 of 1851, Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11 of

1856, and Ordinance No. 8 of 1857, repealed, ex- cept, &c.

Persons acting under said Ordinance to con- tinue to discharge duties

till otherwise directed.

II. All Persons heretofore appointed or acting under the said Ordinances shall, and they are hereby authorized and required, not- withstanding the passing of this Ordinance, to continue to discharge and execute their several duties and offices for the purpose of carrying this Ordinance into execution, without any further or other appointment Governor shall otherwise direct.

thereto until the

Governor may appoint Persons to Persons to carry this Ordinance into execu- tion, and allow them

III. Upon the death, resignation or removal of such Persons it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to nominate and appoint other fit and proper Persons for the purpose of carrying this Ordinance into execution, and to allow them for the performance such remuneration as he of their duties, in that behalf, such remuneration as the Governor with may deem reasonable. the advice of the Executive Council shall direct, and some one or more of the Persons so appointed as aforesaid shall at such times and in such manner as hereinafter provided make or cause to be made a Valuation of the Tenements in this Colony or such part thereof as the Governor with the advice of the Council aforesaid may at any time direct and appoint.

IV. Such Valuation shall be made at any time between the First day of August and the Fifteenth day of November both inclusive in each year unless the Governor, with the Advice of the Executive Council, should deem it expedient to permit any existing Valuation to stand and be adopted wholly or in part for the year then next succeed ing, in which case due notice of his intention shall between the days aforesaid be given in the Government Gazette; Provided always that such Valuation whether adopted wholly or in part only shall for the considered as a new Valuation.

Valuation to be made

between the 1st day of August and 15th day of November in each year, unless Governor notify that then existing Valu- ation is to stand wholly or in part. purposes of Appeal be