2678
Collection of rates not to be affected.
Evidence.
Ordinance
No. 6 of 1901.
Application
No. 14 of 1922.
RENTS.
7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed so as to prevent a lessor of a domestic tenement from collecting from his lessee the rates for the time being payable in respect of such domestic tenement, or such apportioned sum as shall properly be attributable to such domestic tenement in respect of rates, provided that the obligation of paying the rates in respect of such domestic tenement has not been assumed by the lessor under terms of the tenancy.
8.—(1) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this Ordinance, any returns made under the Rating Ordinance, 1901, relating to any domestic tenement, shall be admissible as evidence of the rent of such domestic tenement at the time when such return was made, and any return under the Rating Ordinance, 1901, which includes such domestic tenement shall be deemed to relate to such domestic tenement although such domestic tenement is not treated as a separate unit in such return.
(2) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this Ordinance, any assessment whatsoever made under the Rating Ordinance, 1901, which may appear to the court to be relevant shall be admissible in evidence.
(3) Any such return or assessment as is referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) may be proved by a certificate under the hand of the Assessor or Assistant Assessor.
(4) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the court to order the production of any books of account or documents whatsoever if it shall appear to the court that such books of account or documents may be relevant for the purpose of determining such matter.
9.-(1) This Ordinance shall not apply to the New Territories, except New Kowloon.
(2) This Ordinance shall not apply to any entirely new building in the case of which the certificate referred to in section 204 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, No. 1 of 1903, shall not have been issued before the 19th day of July, 1921.
Ordinance
2678
Collection of rates not to be affected.
Evidence.
Ordinance
No. 6 of 1901.
Application
No. 14 of 1922.
RENTS.
7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed so as to prevent a lessor of a domestic tenement from collecting from his lessee the rates for the time being payable in respect of such domestic tenement, or such apportioned sum as shall properly be attributable to such domestic tenement in respect of rates, provided that the obligation of paying the rates in respect of such domestic tenement has not been assumed by the lessor under terms of the tenancy.
8.—(1) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this Ordinance, any returns made under the Rating Ordinance, 1901, relating to any domestic tenement, shall be admissible as evidence of the rent of such domestic tenement at the time when such return was made, and any return under the Rating Ordinance, 1901, which includes such domestic tenement shall be deemed to relate to such domestic tenement although such domestic tenement is not treated as a separate unit in such return.
(2) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this Ordinance, any assessment whatsoever made under the Rating Ordinance, 1901, which may appear to the court to be relevant shall be admissible in evidence.
(3) Any such return or assessment as is referred to in sub-sections (1) and (2) may be proved by a certificate under the hand of the Assessor or Assistant Assessor.
(4) In any matter arising under or in consequence of this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the court to order the production of any books of account or documents whatsoever if it shall appear to the court that such books of account or documents may be relevant for the purpose of determining such matter.
9.-(1) This Ordinance shall not apply to the New of Ordinance. Territories, except New Kowloon.
(2) This Ordinance shall not apply to any entirely new building in the case of which the certificate referred to in section 204 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, No. 1 of 1903. 1903, shall not have been issued before the 19th day of July,
1921.
Ordinance
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