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CAP. 123]

Buildings

[1985 Ed.

appointed under section 50 or any member of such com-

mittee of review. in the exercise of his or its powers under this Ordinance.

shall be guilty of an offence and shall, without prejudice to any other penalty, be liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprison- ment for 6 months. (Replaced, 24 of 1979, s. 3)

(2A) Any person for whom any building works, street works. lift works or escalator works are being carried out and any author- ized person, registered structural engineer, registered contractor, registered lift contractor or registered escalator contractor directly concerned with any such works who-

(a) permits or authorizes to be incorporated in or used in the carrying out of any such works any materials which----

(i) are defective or do not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance:

(ii) have not been mixed, prepared, applied. used, erected, constructed, placed or fixed in the manner required for such materials under this Ordinance;

(b) diverges or deviates in any material way from any work shown in a plan approved by the Building Authority under this Ordinance: or

(c) knowingly misrepresents a material fact in any plan, cer- tificate, form or notice given to the Building Authority under this Ordinance. (Replaced, 24 of 1979, s. 3)

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $250,000 and to imprisonment for 3 years. (Amended, 24 of 1979, s. 3)

(2AA) Any authorized person or registered structural engineer who contravenes section 4(3)(b), or any registered contractor who contravenes section 9(3)(b), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $250.000 and to imprisonment for 3 years:

Provided that it shall be a defence in any prosecution for a contravention of any section referred to in this subsection for the person charged to prove to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know, nor could reasonably have discovered, the contravention referred to in the charge. Added, 24 of 1979, s. 3)

(2AB) Any person (whether or not an authorized person, a registered structural engineer or a registered contractor) directly concerned with any building works or street works set out in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Column A in the table to section 17(1) who contravenes any condition imposed, or fails to comply with any requirement of an order in writing, under that section in respect of such building works or street works, or the plans thereof, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $50.000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. ( Added, 72 of 1980, s. 15)