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[接上页] (a) the owner of the relevant interest shall be liable to pay the determined annual instalment of premium to the Government- (i) as from the day on which the last annual instalment of the principal premium which has been paid became due; or (ii) where the annual instalment of the principal premium payable in respect of another relevant interest of which the relevant interest at some time formed part has been determined under this Ordinance, as from the day on which the last determined annual instalment of premium which has been paid became due; and(b) any liability of the owner of the relevant interest in respect of the payment of the principal premium to the Government shall determine. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105) Cap 125 s 16 Liability for payment of determined Government rent and premium where relevant interests formed part of another relevant interest Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 ss. 36 & 105 (1) Where- (a) a relevant interest at some time formed part of another relevant interest; and (b) the Government rent payable in respect of that other relevant interest has been determined under this Ordinance,then, until the Government rent payable in respect of the relevant interest is determined under this Ordinance, the owner thereof shall be liable to the Government, jointly and severally with the owner of each other relevant interest which at some time formed part of such other relevant interest, for the payment of the determined Government rent payable in respect of such other relevant interest. (2) Where- (a) a relevant interest at some time formed part of another relevant interest; and (b) the annual instalment of the principal premium payable in respect of that other relevant interest has been determined under this Ordinance,then, until the annual instalment of the principal premium payable in respect of the relevant interest is determined under this Ordinance, the owner thereof shall be liable to the Government, jointly and severally with the owner of each other relevant interest which at some time formed part of such other relevant interest, for the payment of the determined annual instalment of premium payable in respect of such other relevant interest. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105) Cap 125 s 17 Saving of Government lease Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 ss. 36 & 105 Save in so far as the same is necessarily affected by the operation of section 15 or 16, the Government lease of the lot shall continue in full force and effect. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105) Cap 125 s 18 Notice of intention to apportion on relevant interests Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 ss. 36 & 105 PART IV APPORTIONMENT PROCEDURE Where the Director of Lands proposes to exercise his powers under section 12, he shall cause to be published in the Gazette and affixed in a conspicuous position in or on the building a notice specifying- (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3; L.N. 291 of 1993) (a) the relevant interests in relation to which he proposes to exercise those powers; and (b) a provisional determination of the Government rent, and of the annual instalment of premium if any, payable in respect of each of the relevant interests. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105) Cap 125 s 19 Objection to exercise of Land Officer's powers under section 12 Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 s. 36 (1) The owner of any relevant interest specified in the notice published in the Gazette under section 18 may object that the Director of Lands ought not to exercise his powers under section 12. (2) An objection under subsection (1)- (a) shall be in writing and shall be lodged with the Director of Lands within 3 months after the notice was published in the Gazette under section 18; and (b) shall contain particulars of the grounds on which the objection is made.(3) The owners of not less than 75 per cent of the aggregate of the relevant interests specified in the notice published in the Gazette under section 18 may object that the Director of Lands ought not to exercise his powers under section 13(1)(b) or section 14(1)(b) or section 14A. (Amended 29 of 1973 s. 6) (4) An objection under subsection (3) shall be in writing and shall be lodged with the Director of Lands within 3 months after the notice was published in the Gazette under section 18. (Amended 8 of 1993 ss. 3 & 18; L.N. 291 of 1993) Cap 125 s 20 Director of Lands to have regard to objections Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 s. 36 (1) In deciding whether or not to exercise his powers under section 12, the Director of Lands shall have regard to any relevant objection made under section 19(1). (2) Where an objection has been made under section 19(3), the Director of Lands shall not, except in the manner provided by section 13(1)(a) or 14(1)(a), exercise his powers under section 12 until after the expiration of 6 months from the day of publication of the notice in the Gazette under section 18. |