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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1988
LEGAL LIABILITIES OF OC AND MAC OFFICE-BEARERS EXPLAINED
IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, OWNERS'
CORPORATION
AND MUTUAL AID INCUR NOT
ANY PERSONAL LEGAL COMMITTEE OFFICE-BEARERS SHOULD
GOOD LIABILITIES IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES 80 LONG AS THEY ACT IN FAITH AND EXERCISE REASONABLE DILIGENCE IN DISCHARGING THEIR DUTIES.
THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, THE HON DONALD LIAO, WHEN (WEDNESDAY) COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE THE THIS IN
TODAY
STATED REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON POON CHI-FAI.
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
MR POON REFERRED TO A RECENT CASE IN WHICH OF AN OWNERS' CORPORATION (OC) WERE INVOLVED IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CORPORATION'S BUSINESS.
INDIVIDUAL
ос OR MUTUAL AID
HE ASKED WHAT WERE THE LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF AN MEMBER WHEN HE PARTICIPATED IN THE BUSINESS OF AN COMMITTEE (MAC) OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SUB-COMMITTEES.
WRITTEN REPLY THAT THE MANAGEMENT MR LIAO EXPLAINED IN HIS
THE COMMITTEE HAD COMMITTEE OF AN OC ACTED AS ITS EXECUTIVE ARM AND TO ABIDE BY RESOLUTIONS OF THE CORPORATION PASSED AT GENERAL MEETINGS.
COMMITTEE HAVE TO MAINTAIN "THE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT
BK HELD PROPER BOOKS AND OTHER RECORDS OF THE CORPORATION, AND COULD LIABLE IF THEY FAILED TO DO SO," HE SAID.
THE
THE SO
AS
MEMBERS OF
MANAGEMENT LONG "BUT OTHERWISE
IN THE COMMITTEE ACT IN GOOD FAITH AND EXERCISË REASONABLE DILIGENCE
ON THEM CONFERRED
BY THE MULTI-STOREY OF THE POWERS EXERCISE
NOT BE HELD BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE, THEY SHOULD PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR THE ACTS OF THE CORPORATION.”
WERE
NOTING THAT MAC'S WERE NOT BODIES CORPORATE, HE SAID THEY
THEIR OF OF
SUED INDEPENDENTLY BEING CAPABLE NOT THEREFORE
SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR ACTS OFFICE-BEARERS, WHO MIGHT BE JOINTLY AND PURPORTED TO BE MADE ON BEHALF OF THE MAC.
AS SO LONG
THEY ACTED IN GOOD MAC OFFICE-BEARERS SHOULD
BUT IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, FAITH AND EXERCISED REASONABLE DILIGENCE, NOT INCUR LEGAL LIABILITIES IN DISCHARGING THEIR DUTIES.
EXPLANATORY
PAMPHLET PRINTED IN DISTRICT OFFICES то
MR LIAO POINTED OUT THAT AN CHINESE AND ENGLISH WAS FREELY AVAILABLE AT ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN THE WORK OF OC'S AND HOW THEY WERE FORMED.
OF
MAIN
"THIS PAMPHLET SETS OUT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS THE
INCORPORATION) (OWNERS BUILDINGS MULTI-STOREY THE INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF A MANAGEMENT AND TO ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.
PROVISIONS ORDINANCE,
COMMITTEE
BUILDING
BUILDING
OFFICES DISTRICT
ORGANISE
ASPECTS OF
INCLUDING THE
OBLIGATIONS
MANY "FROM TIME TO TIME, MANAGEMENT SEMINARS FOR OC'S AND MAC'S. VARIOUS MANAGEMENT ARE COVERED IN THESE SEMINARS,
OF OC AND MAC OFFICE-BEARERS,'
יו
HE SAID.
/WHERE THERE