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Grounds of appeal.
Notice of appeal.
Appeal in relation to property of others.
Prosecution of appeal.
Notice of hearing.
Disallowance of appeal in certain cases.
Rating.
Appeal against valuation.
16. (1). Any person who is aggrieved on any of the following grounds—
(a) that any tenement for which he is rateable is valued
beyond its rateable value;
(b) that any tenement is assessed which is not rateable;
(c) that any person who, or any tenement which, ought
to be inserted in the list is omitted therefrom; or
(d) that any tenement is valued therein below its
rateable value,
may, during the twenty-one days aforesaid, lodge with the Registrar of the Supreme Court a notice of appeal to the court in its summary jurisdiction.
(2) If an existing valuation has been adopted under paragraph (b) of section 8, such period of twenty-one days shall be reckoned from the date of the Gazette in which notice of such adoption is published.
(3) The Commissioner shall be the respondent in any appeal under this section or under section 28.
17. The notice of appeal shall state fully the grounds on which the appeal is made, and the appellant shall within the twenty-one days aforesaid cause a copy thereof to be served on the Commissioner.
18. When the appeal is in relation to any tenement not the property or in the occupation of the appellant, he shall within the twenty-one days aforesaid cause a copy of the notice of appeal to be served on the person interested in the result of the appeal, and such person may be heard on the appeal.
19. The appellant shall prosecute his appeal within one month from the expiration of the aforesaid period of twenty-one days and if he fails to do so his right to appeal shall lapse.
20. On the fixing by the court of a day for hearing the appeal, the appellant shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Commissioner.
21. The appeal shall not be entertained if it is shown to the satisfaction of the judge—
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CAP. 116]
Grounds of appeal.
Notice of appeal.
Appeal in relation to property of others.
Prosecution of appeal.
Notice of hearing.
Disallowance of appeal in certain cases.
Rating.
Appeal against valuation.
16. (1). Any person who is aggrieved on any of the following grounds—
(a) that any tenement for which he is rateable is valued
beyond its rateable value;
(b) that any tenement is assessed which is not rateable; (c) that any person who, or any tenement which, ought
to be inserted in the list is omitted therefrom; or (d) that any tenement is valued therein below its
rateable value,
may, during the twenty-one days aforesaid, lodge with the Registrar of the Supreme Court a notice of appeal to the court in its summary jurisdiction.
(2) If an existing valuation has been adopted under paragraph (b) of section 8, such period of twenty-one days shall be reckoned from the date of the Gazette in which notice of such adoption is published.
(3) The Commissioner shall be the respondent in any appeal under this section or under section 28.
17. The notice of appeal shall state fully the grounds on which the appeal is made, and the appellant shall within the twenty-one days aforesaid cause a copy thereof to be served on the Commissioner.
18. When the appeal is in relation to any tenement not the property or in the occupation of the appellant, he shall within the twenty-one days aforesaid cause a copy of the notice of appeal to be served on the person interested in the result of the appeal, and such person may be heard on the appeal.
19. The appellant shall prosecute his appeal within one month from the expiration of the aforesaid period of twenty- one days and if he fails to do so his right to appeal shall lapse.
20. On the fixing by the court of a day for hearing the appeal, the appellant shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Commissioner.
21. The appeal shall not be entertained if it is shown to the satisfaction of the judge—
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