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Sir,

Speech by the Hon. CHAN Nai-keong, CBE, JP, Secretary for Lands and Works, at Legislative Council on 10 July 1985

Buildings (Amendment) Bill 1985

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I move that the Buildings (Amendment) Bill 1985

be read a second time.

This Bill seeks to amend section 40 of the

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Buildings Ordinance to provide for a sanction against failure to comply with section 27 (10) of the Ordinance.

Section 27 (10) relates to notice of expiry of a closure order made in respect of a building and requires the owner to serve copies of such notice upon all former occupiers who have" notified him of their addresses and to certify to the Building Authority that he has served such copies, the purpose being to protect the right of reoccupation by the temporarily displaced tenants.

At present, section 27 (10) is without any sanction in the event of failure to comply with the requirements.

Whilst

there are no records of any prosecution in connection with

section 27 (10) for section 27 (10) to be effective, there

must be a sanction. Clause 2 of the Bill amends section 40 of the

principal Ordinance to make it an offence for an owner who fails

to comply with such requirements under section 27(10) to be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment

for 6 months.

Sir, I move that the debate be now adjourned.

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