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Section 100, The Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or
Status not yet checkedThe Rural Area (2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of January, 1950, or, Sierra Leone
If any owner liable to the rate under this Ordinance, or Levy onhis agent appointed under the provisions of section 106 refuses ~;~;;'~n nonor neglects to pay the same at the time and in the manner payment of
hereinbefore appointed for the payment thereof, the President rate.
is hereby empowered on the complaint of the rural district
council concerned to issue a warrant under his hand and the
common seal of the Rural Area Council directed to the bailiff
requiring and commanding him to levy the rate on the goods
and chattels of such defaulting owner, and the bailiff to whom
such warrant shall be directed is hereby empowered and
required to execute the said warrant and to make a return
thereto within thirty days after the date thereof.
101. {l) The bailiff shall be entitled to a poundage of two Poundage.
shillings for every twenty shillings or any part thereof levied by
virtue of any warrant directed to him by the President and the
same is hereby made chargeable upon the personal and real
estate so levied upon. All such poundage fees shall be paid to
the rural district council concerned and form part of the rate.
{2) All goods and chattels, which shall be levied upon by
the bailiff as aforesaid by virtue of any warrant from the
President, shall be sold by him by public auction to the highest
bidder within ten days after the time of levying the same, and
the bailiff shall cause such intended sale to be advertised at
least five days before the sale, and the sum or sums of ~oney
arising from such sale the bailiff shall apply to the payment of
Levy on
occupier's
goods on nonpayment of
rate.
Levy on
lands and
premises on
non-payment
after two
years.
the rate and poundage imposed by this Ordinance, and all
charges attending such levy and sale, and shall return the
surplus (if any) to the person or persons entitled thereto.
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