Supplement H5o. 2 Ci)e patatme ®alette jßo. H$t of utfc Starrt), me. VILLAGE ADMINISTRATION ORDINANCE, 1944. ORDER BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER SECTION 3. IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by section 3 of the Village No. 23 of 1944. Administration Ordinance, 1944, the High Commissioner has ordered, and it is hereby ordered, as follows : — 1. This Order may be cited as the Village Administration (Village Citation. Councils) Order (No. 4), 1946. 2. The whole of the village lands of the villages specified in the Application of Schedule to this Order shall be brought within the operation of Part Part II of the II of the Village Administration Ordinance, 1944. Ordinance. 3. The Village Administration (Village Councils) Order, 1946, pub• Amendment of lished at page 93 of Supplement 2 to the Gazette No. 1469 of 24th Order published January, 1946, shall be re-entitled the Village Administration (Village in Gaz: 24.1.46, Councils) Order (No. 2), 1946, and accordingly in paragraph 1 thereof p. 93. the expression "Order (No. 2), 1946" shall be substituted for the ex• pression "Order, 1946". , 4. This Order shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day Commencement. of March, 1946. .SCHEDULE ־ Name of Village Sub-District District I'billin Haifa Haifa 'Isfiya Haifa Haifa Tira, Et Haifa Haifa By His Excellency's Command, 5th March, 1946. J. V. W. SHAW (Y/13/45) Ghief Secretary. ROAD TRANSPORT ORDINANCE. RULES MADE BY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER UNDER SECTION 23. IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in him by section 23 of the Road Cap. 128. Transport Ordinance, the High Commissioner has made the following rules:— t 1. These Rules may be cited as the Road Transport (Routes and Citation. Tariffs) (Amendment) Rules, 1946, and shall be read as one with the Road Transport (Routes and Tariffs) Rules, 1934, hereinafter referred Gaz: 1.3.34, to as "the principal Rules". p. 159. — 429 — 430 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1481—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 14th March, 1946 Amendment of ß. Paragraph (Z>) of Schedule II to the principal Rules (as enacted Schedule II to by Rule 3(2), of the Road Transport (Routes and Tariffs) (Amendment• the principal No. 15) Rules, 1945) shall be amended by the addition of the follow• Eules. ing route and particulars immediately after Route No. N.25 thereof: — Gaz: 21.12.45, p. 1491. No. Maximum Fare chargeable Description of Route ply per Passenger to Route Number of Omnibuses authorised • of Maximum N. 26 Haifa—Beyrouth • 4 • Haifa—Beyrouth, or vice versa ^ 500 mils per single jouruney Amendment of 3. Paragraph (b) of Schedule VI to the principal Rules (as enacted Schedule VI to by Rule 6 of the Road Transport (Routes and Tariffs) (Amendment the principal ]\f0> !5) Rules, 1945) shall be amended by the addition of the following —:u'es• route and particulars immediately after Route No. L.7^־ Gaz: 21.12.45, p. 1491. No. Maximum Fare chargeable Description of Route ply per Passenger to Route Number of authorised ׳ Omnibuses of Maximum L.8 Beisan—Samakh—El Hamma 1 (a) Beisan—Samakh, or vice versa— 70 mils per single journey. (b) Samakh—El Hamma, or vice versa— 40 mils per single journey. ־ ,c) Beisan—El Hamma) or vice versa— 110 mils per single journey. By His Excellencyfs Command, 7th March, 1946. J. V. W. SHAW (HT/64/45) , Chief Secretary. LOCAL COUNCILS ORDINANCE, 1941: BY-LAWS MADE BY THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF EL BIRA UNDER SECTION 9. No. 36 of 1941. LN EXERCISE of the powers vested in them by section 9 of the Local Councils Ordinance, 1941, the Local Cuncil of El Bira, established Gaz: 31.7.41, under the Local Councils (El Bireh) Order, 1941, with the approval p. 1173. of the District Commissioner, Jerusalem District, have made the fol­ lowing by-laws: — Citation. 1• These By-laws may be cited as the El Bira (Prevention of Noises) By-laws, 1946. Prohibition. 2. No person shall within the area of the local council of El Bira— (a) in any street or public place or in connection with any shop, business premises or other place which adjoins any street or pub­ lic place to which the public are admitted, or (&) upon any other premies, 14th March, 1946 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE No. 1481—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 431 by operating or causing or suffering to be operated any wireless loud­ speaker, gramophone, amplifier, or any similar instrument make or cause or permit to be made any noise which shall be so loud and so ־ -continuous or repeated as to cause a nuisance to occupants or in mates of any premises in the neighbourhood or persons in any place of worship in the neighbourhood. 3. Any person contravening any provision of these By-laws shall be Penalty, guilty of an offence and, on conviction, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds and in the case of a continuing offence to. an additional fine not exceeding one pound for every day during which the offence is continued after conviction or after written notice from the President of the Local Council of such contravention : Provided that no proceedings shall be taken against any person for any offence against these By-laws in respect of premises other than those specified hr paragraph (a) of by-law 2, unless the nuisance be s continued after the expiration of a fortnight from the date of service on such person of a written notice of contravention signed by the * President of the Local Council. MUSA FABATNAHMAD HAMMAD President, Local Council of El Biro. Approved. !J. H. H. POLLOCK ־ .7th March, 1946 (G/47/37). District Commissioner, Jerusalem District. LOCAL COUNCILS ORDINANCE, 1941. LOCAL AUTHORITIES (BUSINESS TAX) ORDINANCE, 1945. BY-LAWS MADE BY THE LOCAL COUNCIL OF FALUJA. IN EXERCISE of the powers vested in them by section 9 of the Local No. 36 of 1941. Councils Ordinance, 1941, and by section 3 of the Local Author- No. 29 of 1945. ities (Business Tax) Ordinance, 1945, the Local Council of Faluja, established under the Local Councils (Faluja) Order, 1937, with the Qaz. 9,9.37 approval of the District Commissioner, Gaza District, have made the p. 819. following By-laws: — 1. These By-laws may be cited as the Faluja (Local Business Tax) Citation. By-laws, 1946. , 2. In these By-laws— . , - Interpretation. "Council" means the Local Council of Faluja; . "place or premises" means any shop, house, room, hut, kiosk or part thereof, in which any specified trade or business is carried ., : on, and includes land whether surrounded by a fence or not; "President" means the President of the Local Council of Faluja; "specified trade or business" means• any trade or business specified in the Schedule; "tax" means the local business tax imposed by these By-laws. 3. —(1) Any person carrying on any specified trade or business within Imposition of the Local Council area of Faluja for any period during any financial tax. year shall pay to the Council tax in the amount set out in the second column of the Schedule, opposite such trade or business, in respect of each place or premises where such trade or business is carried on by such person. 432 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE NO. 1481—SUPPLEMENT NO. 2. 14th March, 1946 (2) Where two or more persons carry on different specified trades or businesses in the same place or premises, each of such persons shall pay the tax in respect of the trade or business carried on by him in such place or premises. (3) Where one person carries on two or more specified trades or businesses in the same place or premises, tax shall be payable only in respect of one of such trades or businesses, and where, in accordance with the Schedule, the amounts of tax payable in respect of the said ent, tax shall be paid in respect of such־trades or businesses are diffei one of the said trades or businesses as under the said Schedule is subject to the highest tax. Payment of tax. 4. The tax shall be paid : — (A) in respect of any specified trade or business which any person carries on for any period during the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1946— on the twenty first day of March, 1946; (B) in respect of any specified trade or business which any person carries on for any period during any financial year subsequent to the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1946, in two ' equal instalments as follows: — • ; (a) if he carries on such trade or business on the first day of April - of such subsequent financial year— ;, (i) the first instalment on the first day of July of such subsequent financial year, • *. (ii) the second instalment on the first day of October of such subsequent financial year; (6) if he begins to carry on such trade or business after the first • . .־, —day of April of such subsequent financial year (i) the first instalment within thirty days from the date on which he begins to carry on such trade or business, (ii) the second instalment within four months from the date on which he begins to carry on such trade or business. Power to re- 5. Any person carrying on any specified trade or business who claims N quire production to have paid the tax in respect of such trade or business in accordance of receipts for with the provisions of these By-laws shall, on demand made in that tax. behalf *by the President, or by any official of the Council authorised by the President, produce for inspection to the person making the demand any receipts held by him in respect of the tax which he claims to have paid.