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AD. 1901.]

RATING.

Numbering of Tenements.

[No. 6.

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41 Every owner or occupier of any tenement shall allow such tene- ment to be numbered with such number and in such manner as the Assessor may from time to time direct,

Obligation on owner, etc., of

tenement to allow number-

ing of it. 42. The owner or occupier of such tenement shall allow the mainten- Maintenance ance or alteration of such number to the satisfaction of the Assessor, of number. and shall not alter, conceal, remove, deface, or obliterate it.

Offences.

offences

43. The penalties hereinafter mentioned for offences against this Penalties for Ordinance shall be recoverable in a summary way before a Magistrate against the at any time within two years from the commission of the offence. These Ordinance. offences and penalties are as follows:

(1.) every owner or occupier of a tenement who refuses or neglects to furnish the particulars required under section 4 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars;

(2.) every person who knowingly furnishes any false or incorrect. particulars specified in the Form No. 1 or the Form No. 2 in the Schedule to this Ordinance shall be liable to a penalty not exceed- ing one hundred dollars for each tenement in respect of which such false or incorrect particulars are furnished;

(3.) every owner or occupier of a tenement who refuses to exhibit, when required, to the Assessor any receipt for rent, or any book or other document relevant to the valuation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars;

(4.) every person who prevents, hinders, or obstructs 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, shall be liable to a penalty not exceed- ing one hundred dollars; (5.) every person who prevents, hinders, or obstructs the numbering, or the maintenance or alteration of the number, of any tenement shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars; : (6.) every person who conceals, removes, defaces, or obliterates the number of any tenement shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars; and also, in a case where such concealment or oblitera- tion arises from the act of the owner or occupier of such tenement, shall be liable to a penalty of one dollar for each day during which it is continued; and

(7) every person who gives any notice required by section 36 which is

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