ues(1)TheCommissionershall,whendirectedtopreparealistu
ndersection11,prepare,inrespectoftheUrbanCouncilareao
rRegionalCouncilareaasdesignatedinthedirection,alistco
ntaining--(Amended54of1990s.10)(a)theaddressand,wheren
ecessary,adescriptionofeverytenementvalued;and(b)the
rateablevalueofeverysuchtenement.(Replaced33of1981s.
9)(2)Atenement,orpartofatenement,exemptedfromassessmen
ttoratesundersection36(1)shallnotbeincludedinanysu
chlist.(Amended33of1981s.9)(3)(Repealed54of1990s.10)
4)Alistreferredtoinsubsection(1)maybepreparedinlegibleornon-legibleform.(Added33of1981s.9)13.Verifica
tionoflistsTheCommissionershall,whenhehascompletedthep
reparationofalistundersection12,signadeclarationthat
,tothebestofhisknowledgeandbelief,thelistcontai
nsatrueaccountoftheaddresses,descriptionsandrate
ablevaluesofeverytenementincludedtherein.14.Declaredlist
tobevaluationlist(1)Alistdeclaredundersection13,asam
endedfromtimetotime,shallbethevaluationlist,fortheUr
banCouncilareaorRegionalCouncilareatowhichitrelates,
fortheyearnextfollowingthedateofthedeclarationa
ndthereafteruntilanewvaluationlistcomesintoforce.(Amend
ed33of1981s.10;54of1990s.11)(1A)(Repealed54of1990
s.11)(2)Alistdeclaredundersection13shallbedeliveredto
theCollectorofRatesbytheCommissioner.(AmendedL.N.419
of1987)14A.Formandproofofvaluationlist(1)Avaluationlis
tmaybemaintainedbytheCollectorofRatesinlegibleo
rnon-legibleform,andifmaintainedinnon-legibleform--(a)a
nyalteration,amendment,correction,deletionorinsertionreq
uiredorpermittedunderthisOrdinanceinrespectofthelistma
ybemadeinnon-legibleform;and(b)thecurrententryinres
pectofanytenementinthelistshallbecapableofbeingr
eproducedinlegibleform.(2)Adocumentpurportingtobeacopy
oforextractfromavaluationlistoranyrecordofanyalte
ration,amendment,correction,deletionorinsertioninrespe
ctofsuchlistandpurportingtobecertifiedbytheCommissi
onerortheCollectorofRatesorbyanypersonauthorized
byeitheroftheminthatbehalfshallbeadmissibleinevide
nceinanyproceedingsunderthisOrdinanceonitsproductionw
ithoutfurtherproof,and--(a)untilthecontraryisprovedthe
courtortribunalbeforewhichsuchdocumentisproducedshall
presume--(i)thatthedocumentiscertifiedbytheCommissioner
ortheCollectorofRates,orbyapersonauthorizedbyeitherof
theminthatbehalf,asthecasemaybe;and(ii)thatthedocum
entisatruecopyoforextractfromthelistorrecordto
whichitrefers;and(b)suchdocumentshallbeprimafacieevid
enceofallmatterscontainedtherein.(3)Nothinginsubsection
2)shallprejudicetheadmissibilityofanyevidencewhichwouldbeadmissibleapartfromtheprovisionsofthatsubse
ction.(Added33of1981s.11)15.Inspectionofvaluationlists
andinformationthereon(1)TheCollectorofRatesshallmakeava
ilableforpublicinspectionacopy,inlegibleform,ofeach
valuationlistduringofficehoursoneveryday(notbeingapubl
icholiday)inthemonthsofAprilandMayoftheyearinwhi
cheachsuchlistfirstcomesintoforce.(Amended54of1990s.
12)(2)Priornoticeofintentiontomakesuchvaluationlistsa
vailableforinspection,andoftheplaceandtimeatwhichthe
listsmaybeinspected,shallbepublishedintheGazette,andin
atleastonenewspaperintheEnglishlanguageandoneinthe
Chineselanguage,publisheddailyforcirculationinHongK
ong.(3)Anypersonmay,duringtheperiodreferredtoinsubsect
ion(1),takeanyextractfromthecopyofthevaluationlists,
whichismadeavailableforinspection.(4)TheCollectorofRate
sshall,uponapplicationbyanypersoninsuchmannerashema
yspecifyandonpaymentofsuchsumasmayfromtimetotime
bedeterminedbytheFinancialSecretaryandpublishedin
theGazette,provideinformationcontainedinavaluationlist
inforceontheaddressordescriptionandtherateablevalueof
anytenement.(5)Inthissection,officehoursmeanstheho
ursduringwhichtheofficeoftheCollectorofRatesisnorma
llyopentothepublic.(Replaced33of1981s.12)16.Correction
s(1)SubjecttoPartVI,PartIXandsection49,avaluationlis
tinforceshallnotbealteredexcepttocorrect--(a)amisdesc
riptionorclericalorarithmeticalerror;or(b)amisdescriptio
nresultingfromachangeofhousenumberorstreetnamenoti
fiedintheGazetteorfromtheallocationofhousenumbersunde
rsection32oftheBuildingsOrdinance(Cap.123).(2)TheCommis
sionershall,ifhemakesacorrectionundersubsection(1)(a),
serveontheowneroroccupierofthetenementaffectedanotic
einthespecifiedformofthecorrection.(3)TheCommissionersh
all,ifhemakesacorrection--(a)undersubsection(1)(a)and
nonoticeofobjectionwithregardtheretoisservedonhi
minaccordancewithsection40(1)or,ifavalidnoticeofobj
ectionhasbeenlodged,afteranagreementhasbeensignedund
ersection40(1A)oranoticeofdecisionundersection40(
2)has
