Local Authorities (Special Provisions)

Local Authorities (Special Provisions) AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO PROVIDE THAT IN ASSESSING THE ANNUAL RENT OF ANY PREMISES WHICH ARE SITUATED WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIMITS OF ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY AND TO WHICH THE RENT RESTRICTION ACT APPLIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ANNUAL VALUE OF SUCH PREMISES SUCH LOCAL AUTHORITY SHALL NOT HAVE REGARD TO THE PROVISIONS OF THAT ACT. BE It enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and the House of Representatives of Ceylon in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: – Short title. 1.This Act may be cited as the Local Authorities (Special Provisions) Act, No. 4 of 1969. Amendment of the Municipal Councils Ordinance. 2. (1) The Municipal Councils Ordinance is hereby amended in section 327 of that Ordinance by the addition at the end of that section of the following new sub-section: – ” (4) In determining for the purposes of this Ordinance the annual value of any premises to which the Rent Restriction Act applies, and in assessing the annual rent of such premises for the purposes of such determination, a Municipal Council shall not ‘have regard to the provisions of that Act.”. (2) The amendment made in the Municipal Councils Ordinance by sub-section (I) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, 1949: Provided that nothing in the preceding provisions of this sub-section shall be deemed to have affected the judgment of the District Court of Colombo in the case of Mrs. R. Subramaniam vs. The Colombo Municipal Council (D. C. (Colombo) No. 62249 M). Amendment of the Urban Councils Ordinance. 3. (1) The Urban Councils Ordinance is hereby amended in section 249 of that Ordinance as follows: (a) by the renumbering of that section as sub-section (1) of section 249: and (b) by the addition at the end of that section of the following new sub-section:- ” (2) In determining for the purposes of this Ordinance the annual value of any premises to which the Rent Restriction Act applies, and in assessing the annual rent of such premises for the purposes of such determination, an Urban Council shall not have regard to the provisions of that Act.”.. (2) The amendment made in the Urban Councils Ordinance by sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, 1949. Amendment of the Town Councils Ordinance. 4. (1) The Town Councils Ordinance is hereby amended in section 244 of that Ordinance as follows: – (a) by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) of section 244; and (b) by the addition at the end of that section of the following new sub-section: – ” (2) In determining for the purposes of this Ordinance the annual value of any premises to which the Rent Restriction Act applies, and in assessing the annual rent of such premises for the purposes of such determination, a Town Council shall not have regard to the provisions of that Act.”. (2) The amendment made in the Town Councils Ordinance by sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, 1949. Amendment of the Village councils Ordinance. 5. (1) The Village Councils Ordinance is hereby amended in section 58 of that Ordinance as follows: – (a) by the renumbering of that section as sub-section (1) of section 58; and (b) by the addition at the end of that section of the following new sub-section: – ” (2) In determining for the purposes of this Ordinance the annual value of any premises to which the Rent Restriction Act applies, and in assessing the annual rent of such premises for the purposes of such determination, a Village Council shall not have regard to the provisions of that Act.”. (2) The amendment made in the Village Councils Ordinance by sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have come into operation on the first day of January, 1949.