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1392 ORDINANCE No. 12 of 1875 .


Rating.

The list to be 12. The said list , or an examined copy thereof, shall be open to public inspection
open for
inspection at the
Colonial at the Colonial Treasury during office hours for fourteen days of which notice shall be
Treasury.
previously given in the Gazette.
Any owner or occupier of any tenement included in the said list may take any
extract therefrom without payment.
List to be 13. The Colonial Secretary shall cause copies to be made in English and Chinese
exhibited in
country districts.
of the list for each country district, and shall cause the copies to be exhibited in a
conspicuous place in the principal village of each district during the fourteen days last
above mentioned .
Appeal from 14. If any person feels himself aggrieved by such list on the ground that he is
rates.
15 of 1863 s. 11.] thereby rated for any tenement for which he is not rateable under this Ordinance ;
Or that any tenement for which he is rateable is valued beyond its full and fair
annual rental;
Or that any person or any tenement that ought to be inserted in such list is omitted
therefrom ;
Or that any tenement of any person is valued therein below its full and fair annual
rental ;
The person so aggrieved may, not later than fourteen days after the last day upon
which the list is open for inspection, appeal to the Supreme Court in its summary
jurisdiction .
Notice ofappeal. 15. The appellant shall give to the valuers notice in writing of his intention to
[5 of 1863 s. 11.]
appeal, and of the ground of appeal, seven days at the least before the holding of the
Court at which the appeal is to be heard ;
And when the ground of appeal is that any person or any tenement is omitted
from the said list, or that the tenement of any person is inserted therein below its full
and fair annual value, the appellant shall also give the like notice of appeal to the
person interested in the result of the appeal, and such person may be heard upon the
appeal.
Hearing of 16. The Court, upon proof of due notice having been given , shall hear and
appeal.
[5 of 1863 s. 11.]
determine the matter of the appeal in a summary way, and may make such order
therein as it thinks proper, with or without costs to any party ; and may direct the
officer of the Court to amend the said list in such manner as the Court directs ; and
the officer shall forthwith, in open Court, make the necessary amendments.
The determination of the Court shall be final and conclusive.

Assessment.

The Governor in 17. After the time for appealing has expired, the Governor in Council shall
Council to fix the
rates of examine the said list, or amended list , and assess all tenements mentioned therein, in
assessment.
[5 of 1863 s. 12.]
the sums necessary to be levied in the ensuing year for the purposes of police , lighting,
water and fire brigade rates ; but so that the Police assessment do not, in any year,
exceed a rate equal to the expenses of the Police establishment for such year, and so
that the other assessments do not exceed :