Government Leases Ordinance

(1)
Without prejudice to
section 8(b)
the Government may in collecting
                the new Government rent payable in respect of a lot or section demand from the
                person, whether owner, agent or occupier, who pays the rates in respect of any
                tenement comprised in land held under a new Government lease an amount equal
to—
(Amended
56 of 1978 s. 3
;
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
(a)
3 per cent of the rateable value of such tenement as set out on the
                    relevant day in the list declared under
section 13
of the Rating
                    Ordinance (
Cap. 116
) and such sum as may be
                    necessary to make the same an even number of dollars; or
(b)
3 per cent of the interim valuation of such tenement made by the
                    Commissioner under the Rating Ordinance (
Cap. 116
)
                    and such sum as may be necessary to make the same an even number of
                    dollars.
(2)
The person on whom a demand under subsection (1) is made shall pay the sum so
                demanded within the time specified in such demand.
(3)
Where under this section any sum is paid by a person who is not an owner of the
                tenement in respect of which the sum is paid under subsection (2), then the sum so
                paid shall be a debt due to that person from the owner of the tenement and shall be
                recoverable as such from any rent or other moneys for the time being due by that
                person to the owner.
(Replaced
56 of 1978 s. 3
)
(4)
In this section
owner
(
擁有人
) in relation to a tenement means the
                person whose name is registered in the Land Registry as that of the owner of the
                tenement or of any undivided share therein, and any person deriving title from such
                person by virtue of an under-letting or otherwise.
(Replaced
56 of 1978 s. 3
. Amended
8 of 1993 s. 2
)