PROCLAMATION NO. 1 OF 1974 - CHAPTER 112D PROCLAMATION NO. 1 OF 1974 - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 PROCLAMATION No. 1 of 1974 [23 March 1974] (L.N. 61 of 1974) PROCLAMATION NO. 1 OF 1974 - PARAGRAPH 1 VerDate:30/06/1997 BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR CRAWFORD MURRAY MACLEHOSE, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies. In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 5(1)(e) of the Inland Revenue Ordinance, Chapter 112, I hereby PROCLAIM that, in respect of the year of assessment commencing on the 1st April 1974 and subsequent years of assessment, property tax shall be charged in respect of any land or buildings or land and buildings in Areas D and E of the New Territories, as defined in the Schedule to the Rating (Areas of Hong Kong) Order*. GIVEN under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hong Kong this 23rd day of March 1974. MURRAY MACLEHOSE, Governor. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. ___________________________________________________________________________ __ Note: * Cap 116 sub. leg., 1987 R. Edition (now repealed by 54 of 1990 s. 26).