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Draft Bill.

No. 8. 266. The following Bill is published for general information:-

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A BILL

No. 11-4.6.41.-2.]

Short title.

Amendment

of Ordin-

ance No. 4

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend the Crown Rents (Apportionment)

Ordinance, 1936.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Crown Rents (Apportionment) Amendment Ordinance, 1941.

2. The interpretation of "Section" in section 2 of the Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance, 1936, is amended of 1936, s. 2. by the deletion of all words after the words "Land Office"

in the sixth line thereof.

New Sub- section 9 (4) for Ordin- ance No. 4 of 1936.

3. Section 9 of the Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordin- ance, 1936, is amended by the addition of the following sub- section at the end thereof :-

(4) Any section the rent whereof shall have been determined under this Ordinance shall, upon registration and notification of such determination, be deemed to be a Lot within the meaning of this Ordinance, for the purposes of any future application and determination made thereunder.

Objects and Reasons.

The principal Ordinance, No. 4 of 1936, makes no suitable provision for determination of rent on the application of the owner of the Remaining Portion of a section, in cases in which the rent of such section has already been deter- mined.

The Object of this Bill is to make such provision.

C. G. ALABASTER,

Attorney General.

June, 1941.