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work for the installation thereof, until the Director has under the provisions of paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 12 or subsection (2) of section 14 or paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 36 or pursuant to the direction of an appeal board given under the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of section 17, permitted the lift or escalator to be used and operated or is, under the provisions of subsection (4) of section 12, deemed to have permitted the lift or escalator lo be used and operated.
(2) No lift in respect of which lift works which consist, either wholly or in part, of major alterations are being, or have been, carried out and no escalator in respect of which escalator works which consist, either wholly or in part, of the alteration of the speed, operation or design of the escalator are being, or have been, carried out shall be used or operated by any person for any purpose, except by or under the direction of the Director or a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be, in connexion with the examina- tion or testing thereof or of a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in connexion with the carrying out of such lift works or escalator works, until the Director has, under the provisions of subsection (3) of section 13 or subsection (2) of section 14 or paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 36 or pursuant to the direction of an appeal board given under the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of section 17, permitted the use and operation of the lift or escalator to be resumed or is, under the provisions of subsection (4) of section 13, deemed to have permitted the use and operation of the lif or escalator to be resumed.
(3) A lift or escalator în respect of which an order has been made under the provisions of section 27 shall not, during the continuance in operation of such order, be used or operated by any person for any purpose, except by or under the direction of the Director or a registered lift engineer or a registered escalator engineer, as the case may be. in connexion with the examination or testing thereof or a registered lift contractor or a registered escalator contractor, as the case may be, in connexion with the cleaning, oiling or adjusting thereof or the carrying out of any repairs or other work thereto necessary to put such lift or escalator in safe working order.
(4) In the event of any contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (3). the owner of the lift or escalator shall be guilty of an offence and shal be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months unless he shows to the satisfaction of the court that such contravention occurred without his consent or con- nivance and that he had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the use and operation of the lift or escalator.
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(5) Where any person has been convicted of an offence under subsection (4), he shall, in addition to the penalty provided therefor, be liable to a fine of five hundred dollars for each day during which it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that there has been & further contravention of subsection (1), (2) or (3), as the case may be, unless he shows that such further contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he had taken all reasonable steps to prevent the use and operation of the lift or escalator.
30. (1) Any person who shall by himself, or by or in conjunction Corruption. with any other person, corruptly solicit or receive, or agree to receive for himself, or for any other person, any gift, loan, tee, reward or advantage whatsoever as an inducement to, or reward for, or otherwise on account of any registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer giving any certificate required by, under or for the purposes of this Ordinance or forbearing to make any report so required or doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of the giving of any such certificate or the making of any such report shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) Any person who shall by himself, or by or in conjunction with any other person, corruptly give, promise or offer any gift, loan, fee. reward or advantage whatsoever to any person, whether for the benefit of that person or another person, as an inducement to or reward for or otherwise on account of any registered lift engineer or registered escalator engineer giving any certificate required by, under or for the purposes of this Ordinance or forbearing to make any report so required of doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of the giving of any such certificate or the making of any such report shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable-
(a) on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars and
to imprisonment for two years; and
(b) on conviction on indictment to a line of ten thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for five years.
(4) A prosecution under this section shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney General.
etc, where
31. Where a person by whom an offence under this Ordinance Liability of has been committed is a company, every director and every officer directors, concerned in the management of the company shall be guilty of the company like offence unless he proves that the act constituting the offence took convicted of place without his knowledge or consent.
offence.