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Issues: Whether agricultural lands within municipal limits were liable to property tax under Section 81(2) of the District Municipalities Act or under the special provision in Section 81(4).
Analysis: Section 81(2) was a general provision governing lands or buildings generally, while Section 81(4) specifically dealt with lands used exclusively for agricultural purposes. The expression "save as otherwise provided" in Section 81(2) showed that the general mode of levy yielded to a specific statutory provision. The prior view that the municipality had a choice between the two sub-sections was rejected, because the Privy Council decision relied upon did not decide that question and did not support such discretion. The word "may" in Section 81(4) was held to confer power to levy tax on agricultural lands, not an option to ignore that special provision and proceed under Section 81(2).
Conclusion: Agricultural lands used exclusively for agricultural purposes had to be assessed, if at all, under Section 81(4) and not under Section 81(2). The assessment made under Section 81(2) was unsustainable and the appellant succeeded.
Ratio Decidendi: Where a statute contains a specific charging or computation provision for a defined category of property, that special provision governs and excludes the general provision for the same subject.
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