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(b) refuses to be examined upon oath; or
(c) without reasonable excuse fails to produce any
relevant document,
at any proceedings before a disciplinary board or appcal board, when required to do so by the disciplinary board or appeal board under section 10(a) or (b), 11H(a) or (b) or 16B(a) or (b), as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(1B) Any person who without reasonable excuse obstructs the inspection of premises or the entry upon or viewing of premises required by a disciplinary board or appeal board under section 10(c) or (d), 11H(c) or (d) or 16B(c) or (d), as the case may be, for the purposes of any proceedings before it shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment
for 12 months.
(1C) Any person who-
(a) contravenes any of the provisions of section 29A(1)
or (2); or
(b) knowingly employs or permits any other person to carry out any lift works or escalator works in contravention of section 29A(1) or (2),
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.";
(c) in subsection (2)--
(i) by inserting after "section" the following-
"27C or"; and
(ii) by deleting "summary";
(d) in subsection (3)—
(i) in paragraph (a), by deleting "the provisions of section 32(2) or 39(5)" and substituting the following
"any of the provisions of section 7(2), 11A, 11J, 12(2), 13(2), 26, 27A, 27B, 27D, 27E, 27F, 32(2), 33 or 39(3)";
(ii) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following—
“(ba) wilfully misuses, or interferes with, or causes misuse or interference with, any part of a lift or escalator or any machinery or equipment connected therewith;";
(iii) in paragraph (c), by deleting "(1)”; and (iv) by deleting "summary"; and
(e) by inserting after subsection (3) the following—
"(4) Any prosecution under this Ordinance may be com- menced within 6 months after the commission of the offence or within 6 months after the offence is discovered by or comes to the notice of the Director, whichever is the later.”.
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31. Section 29 of the principal Ordinance is amended— (a) in subsection (1)—
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(i) by inserting after "No new lift" the following—
", other than a service lift,"; and (ii) by deleting “or section 35(2)(a)”;
(b) in subsection (2)—
(i) by inserting after "No lift" the following— ", other than a service lift,"; and
(ii) by deleting “or section 35(2)(b)”; and (c) in subsection (4) by deleting “summary”.
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32. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 29 the Addition of following
"Prohibition
of carrying out of lift works or escalator works by unauthorized
persons.
than-
29A. (1) Subject to subsection (3), no person other
(a) a registered lift engineer;
(b) a competent lift worker employed by a registered lift
contractor; or
(c) a worker directly supervised, at the site where the lift works are being carried out, by a registered lift engineer or a competent lift worker employed by a registered lift contractor,
shall carry out lift works.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), no person other than-
(a) a registered escalator engineer;
(b) a competent escalator worker employed by a regis-
tered escalator contractor; or
(c) a worker directly supervised, at the site where the escalator works are being carried out, by a regis- tered escalator engineer or a competent escalator worker employed by a registered escalator con- tractor,
shall carry out escalator works.
(3) The Director may in any particular case permit in writing any person, other than a person mentioned in subsec- tion (1) or (2), to carry out lift works or escalator works, as the case may be.
(4) For the purposes of this section- "competent lift worker" means a person-
(a) who is the holder of a certificate in mechanical engineering, or electrical or electronic engineering, or who has completed a course relating to lifts at any technical institute or Vocational Training Centre or such equivalent course as is approved by
new section 29A.