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of list.
10. The Commissioner shall make and subscribe, in the presence of the Colonial Secretary, a declaration to the effect that the list contains a true account of all valuations made by him and that the same is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, complete and correct in every respect, and the Colonial Secretary shall deliver the list to the Accountant General.
of errors.
11. (1) After the list has been so declared and delivered, no alteration shall be made in it, except as provided by sections 23 and 25 or to correct merely clerical errors.
(2) Such errors shall be declared by the Commissioner before a justice of the peace in the prescribed form, which shall be submitted to the Colonial Secretary, who may approve any such correction and without whose written sanction no such correction shall be made.
notice of first
valuation.
12. When any tenement is valued for the first time, or when any existing valuation is altered, the Commissioner shall within fourteen days after the completion of the valuation serve notice in writing in the prescribed form on the owner, or on the occupier if the owner or his agent cannot be found, of such valuation having been made and of the amount thereof. Provided that this section shall not apply to valuations of tenements in Chinese villages.
13. The omission to serve such notice shall not invalidate any valuation or relieve any person from the payment of rates.
serve notice.
open for
14. The list, or examined copy thereof, shall be open to inspection at the Treasury during office hours for twenty-one days, of which notice shall be previously given in the Gazette and at least one English and one Chinese public newspaper. Any owner or occupier of any tenement included in such list may, during such twenty-one days, take any extract therefrom.
of list for
district.
15. The Colonial Secretary, on receipt of the list of Chinese tenements for each country district, shall cause a copy thereof to be made in Chinese (stating only the number of each house, its valuation and the annual rates) and to be exhibited in a conspicuous place in the principal village of each district during the twenty-one days above mentioned.
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of list.
10. The Commissioner shall make and subscribe, in the Verification presence of the Colonial Secretary, a declaration to the effect that the list contains a true account of all valuations made by him and that the same is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, complete and correct in every respect, and the Colonial Secretary shall deliver the list to the Accountant General.
of errors.
11. (1) After the list has been so declared and delivered Correction no alteration shall be made in it, except as provided by sections 23 and 25 or to correct merely clerical errors.
(2) Such errors shall be declared by the Commissioner before a justice of the peace in the prescribed form, which shall be submitted to the Colonial Secretary, who may approve any such correction and without whose written sanc- tion no such correction shall be made.
notice of first
valuation.
12. When any tenement is valued for the first time, or Giving of when any existing valuation is altered, the Commissioner or altered shall within fourteen days after the completion of the valua- tion serve notice in writing in the prescribed form on the owner, or on the occupier if the owner or his agent cannot be found, of such valuation having been made and of the amount thereof Provided that this section shall not apply to valuations of tenements in Chinese villages.
13. The omission to serve such notice shall not invalidate Omission to any valuation or relieve any person from the payment of
rates.
serve notice.
open for
14. The list, or examined copy thereof, shall be open to List to be inspection at the Treasury during office hours for twenty-one inspection. days, of which notice shall be previously given in the Gazette and at least one English and one Chinese public newspaper. Any owner or occupier of any tenement included in such list may, during such twenty-one days, take any extract therefrom.
of list for
district.
15. The Colonial Secretary, on receipt of the list of Exhibition Chinese tenements for each country district, shall cause a country copy thereof to be made in Chinese (stating only the number of each house, its valuation and the annual rates) and to be exhibited in a conspicuous place in the principal village of each district during the twenty-one days above mentioned.
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