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1398 ORDINANCE No. 13 OF 1875.


Crown Remedies.


No. 13 of 1875.

Title.
An Ordinance for consolidating and amending the law relating
to the speedy recovery of Crown Debts for Rents and for

Assessments, Fees and Forfeitures.

[ 7th September, 1875. ]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong , with the advice of the
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Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

Short title. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as " The Crown Remedies Ordi
nance, 1875."
Colonial 2. Whenever any person makes default in payment of any sum of
Treasurer
may sue for money due or payable by him to the Crown in respect of rent , or of any
rent, assess
ments and assessment for rates, or in respect of any fees or forfeitures, or of any
fees.
(9 of 1869 instalment thereof, the Colonial Treasurer may recover the same by suit
s. 2. ]
in the Summary Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ; and may do so
although the amount claimed exceed one thousand dollars .

Service of 3. The writ of summons in any such suit shall be taken to have
writ of sum
mons. been duly served , if it appear to the satisfaction of the Court that the writ
[9 of 1869
s. 4. ] was left at the defendant's residence or place of business , or in case the
same is unknown then that it was left on the tenement or premises in
respect of which the claim is made.
Certificate of 4. A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Colonial
Colonial
Treasurer to Treasurer, and setting forth that the sum claimed is due or payable to the
be evidence.
[9 of 1869 Crown, and that the person sued is liable to the payment thereof, and
s. 2. ]
specifying the nature and particulars of the claim, shall be primâ facie
evidence of the facts certified therein and of the signature of the Colonial
Treasurer thereto.

Form of Such certificate shall be sufficient ifmade in the form in the schedule
certificate.
[ 14 of 1873 hereto, or to the like effect .
s. 15. ]
Surveyor Ge 5. In suits for the recovery of Crown rents , the certificate shall not
neral to sign
certificate for be sufficient unless it purports to be signed by the Surveyor General
recovery of
Crown rent. [" Land officer " as amended by Ordinance No. 3 of1888 , ] as well as by the
(14 of 1873
s. 16. ] Colonial Treasurer.
Colonial 6. In all matters under this Ordinance, the Colonial Treasurer shall
Treasurer
may appear sue as Colonial Treasurer , but may be represented in the Court by any
by any
person. person whom he shall appoint in that behalf.
[9 of 1869
8. 5.]