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350 ORDINANCES Nos. 10 AND 11 OF 1856 .


Lis Pendens. Lighting City.

No other 3. Notwithstanding the said Acts of Parliament, no " Lis Pendens "
registry to be
made, and an shall be registered in the Registry of the Supreme Court, or elsewhere
unregistered
"Lis Pen than in the Land Office, under this Ordinance ; and a " Lis Pendens " not
dens" not to
bind a purcha- registered in the said office, and in due conformity with this Ordinance,
ser, &c.
shall not bind any purchaser or mortgagee of the estate intended to be
thereby affected .

Defining the 4. So much of the said Acts of Parliament and of the Acts of
extension of
certain Impe Parliament passed in the third and fourth years of Her said Majesty,
rial Enact
ments. chapter eleven, and the eighteenth and nineteenth years of Her said
Majesty, chapter fifteen , as require the re-registering of judgments and
"Lites Pendentes " after everysuccessive period of five years beginning from
the entry thereof respectively, shall extend to all judgments, “ Lites
Pendentes," and orders, now or hereafter to be registered in the said Land
Office, and by which it is intended to affect any estate.
Effect of 5. Subject to the provisions of section eleven of the said Act of the
registry and
re- registry, eighteenth and nineteenth years of Her said Majesty, chapter fifteen , for
and extension
of 18 and 19 the relief of purchasers and mortgagees for valuable consideration , against
Vict. c. 15,
s. 11. the judgments, Crown debts, and liabilities , of paid - off mortgagees ( and
which provisions are hereby extended to this Colony , ) every “Lis Pendens”
registered or re-registered , and also every order or judgment re-registered
in manner aforesaid , shall have the same force and effect as a judgment
registered in conformity with the said Ordinance No. 3 of 1844 , and not
further or otherwise.




No. 11 of 1856.

[For cons An Ordinance for Lighting the City of Victoria.
truction of
Ordinance :
see No. 12 of [ 12th June, 1856. ]
1856. ]
Preamble. HEREAS it is desirable that a system of public lighting should be
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introduced into this City : Be it enacted and ordained by His
Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice ofthe Legislative
Council thereof, as follows :
" The Lighting 1. For defraying the expenses of and incident to the execution of this Ordinance,
Rate."
there shall be levied quarterly, together with and in addition to the Police rate or rates
for the year, a further rate to be called " The Lighting Rate," and estimated at one and
a half per cent on the gross amount of the property included in the Police rate assess