### Rating Ordinance 《差餉條例》

50. Mode of service of notices, etc.
(1) Service of a requisition, notice or other document required to be served by this Ordinance may be effected— (Amended 22 of 1995 s. 29)
(a) on the Commissioner, only by personal service or by post; (Replaced 54 of 1990 s. 24)
(b) on the owner of a tenement, by personal service, by leaving the requisition, notice or other document at the tenement or at the owner’s last known address or by sending it through the post to the tenement or to the owner’s last known address; or (Replaced 45 of 1979 s. 6. Amended 54 of 1990 s. 24)
(c) on the occupier of a tenement, by personal service, by leaving the requisition, notice or other document at the tenement or at the occupier’s last known address or by sending it through the post to the tenement or to the occupier’s last known address. (Replaced 45 of 1979 s. 6. Amended 54 of 1990 s. 24)
(2) A certificate purporting to be signed by a person who states in that certificate that he effected service under subsection (1) shall be evidence of the facts stated therein relating to that service. (Added 22 of 1995 s. 29)

50A. Rounding down of amounts due
(1) The Commissioner may, in respect of any amount payable under this Ordinance or the Government Rent (Assessment and Collection) Ordinance (Cap. 515) in respect of any tenement, round that amount down to the nearest whole dollar and carry the balance forward to the next period. (Amended 22 of 1995 ss. 30 & 33; 53 of 1997 s. 53)
(2) Any balance carried forward under subsection (1) shall be payable—
(a) as if it were rates; and
(b) in addition to any rates,
due in the period referred to in subsection (1). (Amended 22 of 1995 s. 30)
(3) In this section rates (差餉) means rates payable under section 18 or 29.
(Added 1 of 1986 s. 10)

### Rating Ordinance 《差餉條例》

51. Misnomer
(1) No misnomer or inaccurate description of a person, place or tenement, in a document required for the purposes of this Ordinance, nor any mistake, informality or omission committed in any proceedings hereunder, shall invalidate or prejudice the document or proceeding or in any way affect the operation of this Ordinance. (Amended 33 of 1981 s. 29)
(2) Except where otherwise provided by this Ordinance, the Commissioner may correct any misnomer or inaccurate description, or any mistake or accidental omission in any document issued by him for the purposes of this Ordinance. (Added 33 of 1981 s. 29. Amended 22 of 1995 s. 31)

52. Competency of judge
No judge, District Judge, magistrate or member of the Lands Tribunal shall be incapable of acting in his judicial office in any proceeding, by reason of his being, as being a ratepayer or a member of any other class of persons, liable in common with others to contribute to or to be benefited by any rate which may be increased, diminished or in any way affected by the proceeding.
(Amended 62 of 1974 s. 16)

53. Regulations
The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for the better carrying out of the objects of this Ordinance.
(Amended 12 of 1999 s. 3)

54. Forms and signature of notices
(1) The Commissioner may specify the form of any requisition, declaration, notice, claim or other document required for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(2) Every requisition, declaration, notice, claim or other document required or to be given for the purposes of this Ordinance, shall be valid if the name of the Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioner, Principal Valuation Surveyor, Senior Valuation Surveyor or Valuation Surveyor is printed or signed thereon.
(Replaced 22 of 1995 s. 32)

### Rating Ordinance 《差餉條例》

55. Saving of valuation lists in force before commencement of Rating (Amendment) Ordinance 1990
(1) Any valuation list in force immediately prior to the date of commencement of the Rating (Amendment) Ordinance 1990 (54 of 1990) (in this subsection called the amending Ordinance) shall be the valuation list for the Urban Council area or the Regional Council area where it formerly applied, and for that purpose shall continue in force and, save where otherwise provided, the provisions of this Ordinance as amended by the amending Ordinance shall apply in respect of any such list.
(1A) On and after the commencement date, any valuation list which is continued in force under subsection (1) for any purpose, continues to apply for that purpose as provided in that subsection as if the amendments had not been made and that subsection is to be construed accordingly. (Added 78 of 1999 s. 7)
(1B) In subsection (1A), the amendments (有關修訂) and commencement date (生效日期) have the meanings given to them in section 56(8). (Added 78 of 1999 s. 7)
(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall be in addition to and shall not derogate from section 23 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1).
(Replaced 54 of 1990 s. 25)