Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

(1)
For the purposes of ascertaining the rateable value of any premises in connection with any application under
section 101
a certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of the Rating and Valuation Department not below the rank of Rent Officer showing in respect of any particular
day—
(Amended
32 of 2002 s. 3
)
(a)
in the case of premises being a tenement included in the valuation list in force under
section 14
of the Rating Ordinance (
Cap. 116
), the rateable value shown in that list; or
(Amended
22 of 1995 s. 36
)
(b)
in any other case, whether or not the rateable value of those premises exceeds the sum mentioned in
section 101(1)
,
shall be admissible in any proceedings on its production and without further proof and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
(2)
A person may apply to the Commissioner for a certificate under subsection (1).
(Added
32 of 2002 s. 3
)
(3)
An application under subsection (2)
shall—
(a)
be made by sending a notice in the specified form to the Commissioner; and
(b)
be accompanied by such fee as may be determined by the Financial Secretary by notice published in the Gazette.
(Added
32 of 2002 s. 3
)
(4)
The Commissioner shall comply with an application under subsection (2).
(Added
32 of 2002 s. 3
)