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and shall furnish such information and evidence relating to the application as may be prescribed or as the Commissioner may require.
(Replaced 3 of 1970 s. 6. Amended L.N. 294 of 1982)
9. Register of requisitions and permits
Every requisition for a permit and a copy of every permit issued shall be entered in a book or books in the office of the officer authorized to issue the permit, and the absence of a requisition or copy therefrom shall be prima facie evidence that a permit has not been applied for or, as the case may be, that a permit has not been issued.
10. Deputy for absent licensee
(1) If a licensee intends to leave Hong Kong for more than 14 days at a time, or is, by reason of any disability, incapable of acting, he, or in the case of disability, his legal representative, shall, unless he has appointed a deputy licensee under subsection (2), appoint a responsible person, approved by the Commissioner, to act on his behalf during his intended absence or during his disability and shall lodge with the Commissioner a notice of such appointment endorsed and countersigned by the person appointed and during the absence or disability of the licensee the person appointed shall, without prejudice to the responsibility of the licensee, have the same duties and liabilities as the licensee under this Ordinance.
(2) A licensee may, subject to the prior approval of the Commissioner obtained in accordance with subsection (3), appoint a deputy licensee.
(3) An application for the approval of the Commissioner under subsection (2) shall be made in writing in a form approved by him, signed by both the licensee and the proposed deputy licensee and giving such information and evidence relating to the application as the Commissioner may require.
(4) Whenever a licensee who has appointed a deputy licensee intends to leave Hong Kong, or is, by reason of any disability, incapable of acting, he, or in the case of disability, his legal representative shall by notice in writing notify the Commissioner of such intention to leave or of such disability.
(5) A deputy licensee shall while the licensee is absent from Hong Kong, or is, by reason of any disability, incapable of acting-
(a) during such absence or disability;
(b) notwithstanding any absence of any notice under subsection (4); and
without prejudice to the responsibility of the licensee,
have the same duties and liabilities as the licensee under this Ordinance.
(6) If a licensee and a deputy licensee leave Hong Kong at the same time for more than 14 days subsection (1) shall apply as if no deputy licensee had been appointed under subsection (2).