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[接上页] (Added 19 of 1978 s. 4) Cap 283 s 25C Sale of detained vehicles (1) When a vehicle which is detained under section 25B is not claimed within 3 days after its detention, the Authority or an authorized officer shall serve on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice informing him- (Amended 79 of 1979 s. 2; 15 of 1982 s. 12) (a) of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and (b) that unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention, on payment of any charges and parking fee payable under section 25B(4), within 14 days after the service of the notice on him, the vehicle shall become the property of the Authority free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Authority by sale or otherwise.(2) If a vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice served under subsection (1), the vehicle shall become the property of the Authority free from the rights of any person and may be disposed of by the Authority by sale or otherwise as it thinks fit. (3) If, within 6 months after the day on which a vehicle is sold pursuant to subsection (2), any person satisfies the Authority that at the time the vehicle became the property of the Authority by virtue of that subsection, he was the registered owner of the vehicle, the Authority shall pay to such person the balance of the proceeds of sale after deducting- (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 12) (a) any charges and parking fee payable under section 25B(4); and (b) any reasonable charges incurred by the Authority in respect of the sale of the vehicle. (Added 19 of 1978 s. 4) Cap 283 s 25D Delegation of certain powers The Authority may delegate to- (a) any person with whom it enters into an agreement for the management of any restricted road or car park, or for the control of the movement or parking of vehicles within an estate; (b) any employee of such person,the exercise of any of the powers conferred on the Authority by section 25A(2) or (3), 25B(2), (3) or (4), or 25C(1) or (2). (Added 16 of 1993 s. 10) Cap 283 s 26 False statements PART V OFFENCES AND PENALTIES (1) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement- (a) in furnishing the particulars specified in a requisition under section 25(1); (aa) in furnishing the particulars specified in a requisition under section 25(4); (Added 24 of 1998 s. 7) (b) in an examination under section 25(2); (c) in respect of an application for a lease; or (d) in respect of an application to the Authority for a loan or financial assistance in connection with the purchase of land other than land to which subsection (2) applies, (Added 16 of 1993 s. 11)shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months and, in the case of an offence under paragraph (aa) or (c), a further fine as provided under subsection (1A). (Amended 24 of 1998 s. 7) (1A) Where a person- (a) is convicted of an offence under subsection (1)(aa) or (c); and (b) in consequence of the false statement to which the offence relates he has been undercharged rent,then, in addition to any penalty prescribed in subsection (1) imposed on him, he may be subject to a further fine of treble the amount of rent undercharged. (Added 24 of 1998 s. 7) (1B) For the purposes of this section, "rent undercharged", in relation to an offence under subsection (1)(aa) or (c), means the difference between the amount of rent the person would, but for the false statement to which the offence relates, have been required to pay having regard to section 16(4) and the amount of rent he has actually paid. (Added 24 of 1998 s. 7) (1C) A certificate issued by the Authority stating the amount of rent undercharged in relation to an offence under subsection (1)(aa) or (c) shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings before any court on its production without further proof and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the court shall presume that- (a) the certificate was issued by the Authority; and (b) that amount is the rent undercharged for the purposes of subsection (1A). (Added 24 of 1998 s. 7)(2) Any person who makes any statement to the Authority- (a) in respect of any matter relating to the purchase of land in an estate or of land in respect of which the Authority is authorized to nominate purchasers; or (b) in providing any information to the Authority in respect of such matter,which he knows to be false or misleading as to a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Added 33 of 1978 s. 8) (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 13; L.N. 364 of 1995) Cap 283 s 26A Court orders on purchaser's conviction under section 26(2) (1) Where a court convicts a person of an offence under section 26(2) committed in relation to the purchase of land by him, the court shall order, either- (a) that the land purchased by the offender be transferred to the Authority or to such person as the Authority may nominate; or |