Preamble
Assented to in Her Majesty's name this 29th day of
September, 1969.
(LS
No. 13
REEDOM
Sierra Leone
BANJA TEJAN-SIE,
Acting Governor-General.
The Guma Valley Water (Amendment) Act, 1969
Being an Act to amend the Provisions of the Guma Valley Water Act,
1961,with respect to Exemption from water Rates and the appointment
of Agents for absentee owners of property liable to water rates.
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Short titie.
[/41h April, 1961 Date of com
Be rT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in
this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the
same, as follows:
mencement.
l. This Act (cxcept the provisions thereof relating to Commence
offences) shall be deemed to have come into operation on tne
14th day of April, 1961.
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Repeal and 2. Section 65 of the Guma Valley Water Act, 1961
replacement hereinafter referred to as the principal Act, is hereby repealed
of section 65
Guma Valley Water (Amendment)
of Act No. 3 and replaced by the following new section
of 1961. "Exemptionfrom
General
Water rate.
65. () It shall be lawful for the Company
(a) t0 exempt from payment of the general
water rate, the owner of any premises
which are not supplied with water by
means of a service pipe and are situated
in any place not less than two hundred
yards from the nearest public standpipe;
(b) if satisficd by any applicant by evidence
on oath and such other evidence as the
theCompany may require, that on
ground of poverty it is desirable so to
do, to exempt from payment of the
general water rate, the owner of any
premises liable for payment of the same,
or to reduce the amount for which such
owner is liable;
(c) to exempt wholly or partially from
payment of the general water rate, the
owner of any premises liable for pay.
ment of the same, where such premises
have been unoccupied for a period of not
less than six months in any financial
year of the Company and the owner has
given written notice of non-occupation
in accordance with the provisions of
(d) to exempt wholly or partially from
payment of the general water rate, the
OWner of any premises or part thereof,
in respect of which the general water
rate is payable, which have been
demolished or removed during any
financial year of the Company, except
that no exemption shall be made under
this paragraph unless the owner of the
premises shall have given written notice
of the demolition or removal wiihin
thirty days of such demolition Of
(e) to exempt wholly or partially from
payment of the general water rate the
owner of any premises or part thereof
(in respect of which the general water
rate is payable) that have been used
(i) a church, chapel, mosque, meeting
house or other premises used for
public religious worship; or
subsection (3);
removal;
exclusively or principally as
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(ii) a hospital, or
(iii) a university, college, school or
NationalSunday School,
Library, or
(iv) a burial ground or crematorium,
where it is proved to the satisfac
tion of the Company that the
intent was not to use the premises
for the purpose of gain, or
(v) a place for any charitable or non
as theprofit making purpose
Company may consider fit;
except that no exemption shall be granted under this
paragraph to any such owner unless
(a) in the case of an owner of premises sO
used before the date of publication of
this Act, the owner shall have given
notice in writing to the Company within
thirty days from that date, that he is
the owner of premises used for any of
the purposes specified in sub-paragraphs
i) to (v); and
(b) in the case of an owner of premises so
used on or after the date of publication
of this Act, but not before, the owner
shall have given noice in writing to the
Company within thirty days after he
Commences to use the premises for any
of the purposes specified in sub-para
graphs () to (v), that he is the owner of
premises so used.
(2) The amount of exemption granted under
paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of sLbsection (1) shall
be such proportion of the annual general water rate as
the Company may deem fit having regard to all the
circumstances.
(3) The owner of any premises liable for
payment of the general water rate shall noify the
Company in writing
(a) where the premises being previously
occupied has been unoccupied, of such
non-occupation; and
(b) where the premises being previously
unoccupied has become occupied, of
such occupation,
not more than thirty days from the date of non
Occupation or occupation as the case may be.
(4) Where any OWner of premises being
previously liable for payment of general water rate
has given notice of non-occupation, but fails to give
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Amend
ment ofsec
tion 67 of
Act No.3
of 1961.
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*"Absentee
Owner to