Addition of
new sections 74 and 78.
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(6) the overcrowding of any place of public entertain- meat or public assembly such as might render cscape in the event of fire or other calamity materially more difficult;
(c) any removal from any building of any fire service installation or equipment which was provided in such building in accordance with plans certified by the Director for the purposes of section 9B of the Buildings Ordinance, 1955;
(d) the presence in any building of any fire service installation or equipment, provided in the building in accordance with plans referred to in paragraph (c) of this definition, which from lack of proper maintenance or for any other reason is not in efficient working order;
(e) any other matler or circumstance which materially increases the likelihood of fire or other calamity or the danger to life or property that would result from the outbreak of fire or the occurrence of any other calamity, or which would materially hamper the Fire Services Department in the discharge of its duties in the event of fire or other calamity:": ""owner", in respect of any premises, has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Buildings Ordinance. 1955;":
"premises" includes any place:”
4. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after section 7, of the following new sections-
"General powers of entry.
7A. (1) Subject to this section, the Director or any person authorized by him in writing on producing, if so required, the writing showing his authority, shall have a right to enter any premises at all reasonable hours for the purpose of-
(a) ascertaining whether there is, or has been, on or in connexion with the premises, any contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance; (b) obtaining information required for fire-fighting purposes with respect to the character of the premises, the available water supplies and the means of access thereto, and other material cir- cumstancest
(c) ascertaining whether or not there exists any fire
hazard;
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(d) the performance by the Director or by the Fire Services Department of his or its powers or duties under any enactment:
Provided that the Director, or any person authorized by him in writing, shall not exercise the right of entry conferred by this subsection in respect of such premises as are not a place of public entertainment or public assembly, factory, workshop or workplace nor premises otherwise used for business purposes, unless twenty-four hours' notice în writing of the intended entry has been given to the occupier.
(2) It it is shown to the satisfaction of a magistrate or justice of the peace on sworn information in writing-
(2) that admission to any premises has been refused, or that refusal is apprehended, or that the premises are unoccupied or the occupier is temporarily absent, or that the case is one of urgency, or that an application for admission would defeat the object of the entry; and
(b) that there is reasonable ground for entry into the premises for any purpose specified in subsection (1); and
(c) that notice of the intention to apply for the warrant has been given to the occupier of the premises, or that the premises are unoccupied, or that the occupier is temporarily absent, or that the case is one of urgency, or that the giving of such notice would defeat the object of the entry, the magistrate or justice of the peace may by warrant in the form of Form I in the Sixth Schedule authorize the Direc- tor, or any person authorized by the Director in writing in that behalf, to enter the premises, if need be by force.
(3) The Director or any person entering any premises by virtue of this section, or of a warrant issued hereunder. may take with him such persons as may be necessary, and on leaving any unoccupied premises which be has entered by virtue of such a warrant shall leave them as effectually secured against trespassers as he found them to be at the time of entry.
(4) Every warrant granted under this section shall continue in force until the purpose for which the entry is necessary has been saristied.
(5) If any person who, in compliance with this section or a warrant issued hereunder, enters a factory, workshop. workplace or premises used for business purposes discloses