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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD MARCH, 1888.
Maintenance
of numbers.
Penalties. [See 21 of 85.5]
Service of
notices.
[See 21 of 85. 30]
Proof of service.
Misnomers. &c., not to affect the execution of this Ordi- nance.
[21 of 85, 31]
Judges may act in certain cases relating to rates.
[21 of 85. 35]
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Regulations. [21 of 85.32)
Repeal.
Commence- ment,
41. The owner or occupier of such tenement shall allow the maintenance or alteration of such number to the satis- faction of the Assessor, and shall not alter, conceal, remove, deface, or obliterate it.
Penalties.
42. The following penalties for offences against this Ordinance shall be recoverable in a summary way before a Magistrate.
(1.) For knowingly furnishing any false or incorrect particulars required under Section 3, a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars for cach tenement in relation to which such false or incorrect parti- eulars are furnished.
(2.) For refusing to exhibit to the Assessor any re- ceipt for rent, or book or other document relevant to the valuation, a penalty not exceeding one hun- dred dollars.
(3.) For preventing, hindering, or obstructing the Assessor from entering, inspecting, and measuring any tenement, after delivery of due notice of his intention to do so, and after the lapse of twenty- four hours from such notice, a penalty not exceed- ing one hundred dollars.
(4.) For preventing, hindering, or obstructing the numbering or the maintenance or alteration of the number of any tenement, a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(5.) For concealing, removing, defacing, or obliterating the number of any tenement, a penalty not ex- ceeding ten dollars; and also, in cases where such concealment or obliteration arises from the act of the owner or occupier of such tenement, a penalty of one dollar for each day during which it is con- tinued.
Miscellaneous.
43. Any notice required by this Ordinance to be served upon the owner or occupier of any tenement shall be served on the owner of such tenement if he can be found, or if not, on the occupier. Service on the occupier may be effected by leaving such notice at the tenement, or by sending it to such tenement through the Post. Service on the owner may be effected by leaving such notice at his usual address, or by sending it to such address through the Post.
44. A receipt for any notice signed or stamped by any officer of the Post Office shall be primâ facie evidence of the service of such notice at its address, except for the. purposes of Section 25,
45. No misuomer or inaccurate description of any person, place, or tenement, in any document required for the pur- poses of this Ordinance, nor any mistake, informality, or omission committed in any proceeding had hereunder, shall invalidate or prejudice such document or proceeding, or in anywise affect the execution of this Ordinance, provided that such person, place, or teucinent be designated in such document or proceeding to common intent and understand- ing, and that such mistake, informality, or omission be not of such a nature as to prevent the requirements of this Ordinance from being substantially complied with.
46. No Judge shall be incapable of acting in his judicial office in any proceeding, whether commenced before or after the passing of this Ordinance, by reason of his being, as one of several, rate-payers, or as one of any other class of persons, liable in common with others to contribute to or to be bencfitted by any rate which may be increased, diminished, or in any way affected by such proceeding.
47. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, make, alter, and repeal regulations for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance. All such regula- tions shall be published in the Gazette, and when so pub- lished shall have the force of law.
48. Ordinance No. 21 of 1885 is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not revive any enactment repealed by the said Ordinance, and shall not affect the validity of any rate made before the commencement of this Ordinance, or the liability of any person to pay such rate, or the remedies for recovering such rate, and the said remedics may be enforced as if this Ordinance had not been passed. Section 7 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1858 is also repealed.
49. This Ordinance shall take effect upon a day to be hereafter proclaimed by the Governor.
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