Singapore legislation
Clause 2
Clause 2
Amendment of section 3
Section 3 of the Rubber Estates Assessment Ordinance (hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as the “principal Ordinance”) is hereby amended —
by deleting the proviso to subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“Provided that in respect of any such rubber estate or part thereof in which during any quarter no rubber trees are tapped or in which the rubber trees are not tapped to the satisfaction of the Comptroller, the owner thereof shall pay to the Comptroller a rate of eight dollars and seventy-five cents per acre or part of an acre in respect of such quarter, in lieu of the rate payable under this section.”; and
by deleting the word “Minister” appearing in the second line of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the word “Comptroller”.