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[接上页] (Replaced 24 of 1995 s. 8. Amended L.N. 364 of 1995) Cap 283 s 28 Offences in respect of leases (1) Any person who, without the consent of the Authority, alters a lease shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (2) Any person who, knowing that a lease has been altered without the consent of the Authority, makes any claim under, upon or by virtue of the same shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Added 42 of 1976 s. 6) (Amended L.N. 364 of 1995) Cap 283 s 29 Obstruction Any person who obstructs the Authority or an authorized officer in the exercise of any power or the performance of any duty conferred or imposed under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and to imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended L.N. 364 of 1995) Cap 283 s 29A Limitation of time for prosecution of offences (1) Notwithstanding anything in the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap 227)- (a) proceedings in respect of an offence against any section of this Ordinance, other than section 26(1)(aa) or (c) or (2), may be brought at any time within 2 years next after the commission of the offence or within 6 months after the discovery thereof by an authorized officer, whichever period expires first; (b) proceedings in respect of an offence against section 26(1)(aa) or (c) or (2) may be brought at any time within 6 years next after the commission of the offence or within 1 year after the discovery thereof by an authorized officer, whichever period expires first. (Replaced 33 of 1978 s. 9. Amended 15 of 1982 s. 17; 24 of 1998 s. 8)(2) This section as in force immediately on or after the commencement of section 8 of the Housing (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1998 (24 of 1998) shall not apply in relation to an offence committed before that commencement but this section as in force immediately before that commencement shall apply in relation to such an offence. (Added 24 of 1998 s. 8) Cap 283 s 30 Authority may make bylaws PART VI GENERAL (1) The Authority may make bylaws to provide for- (a) the management and control of its estates; (b) the sanitation and cleansing of its estates; (c) the health of persons living in its estates; (d) the selection of persons to whom leases may be granted; (e) the manner in which applications for leases of premises in its estates may be made; (f) the preservation of good order and the prevention of abuses and nuisances in its estates; (fa) the management and control of common parts; (Added 33 of 1978 s. 10) (g) the control of the use of vehicles within its estates; (ga) the control of access by vehicles to, and the regulation of parking or vehicles on, restricted roads; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5) (gb) the control of the user of car parks and parking places and other matters relating thereto; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5) (gc) the erection, with the approval of the Commissioner for Transport and the Director of Highways, of road barriers and signs on restricted roads; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5. Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 127 of 1986) (gd) the impounding and removal of vehicles, the storage of such vehicles, and prescribing charges therefor; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5) (ge) the ascertaining of the names and addresses of the registered owners and drivers of vehicles using restricted roads, car parks and parking places; (Added 15 of 1982 s. 18) (h) the eviction of trespassers from its estates; (i) the better carrying out of this Ordinance.(2) Bylaws made by the Authority shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council. (3) Bylaws made by the Authority may provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for contravention of bylaws made under subsection (1)(g) or (ga) and for the recovery of such fixed penalty. (Added 16 of 1993 s. 15) Cap 283 s 31 No claim to lie against the Authority or the Government Neither the Government, nor the Authority or any authorized officer, shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person in consequence of anything done under section 24. Cap 283 s 32 Certain parts of estates to be public places Any land in an estate (other than land leased under section 16 or land which has been sold or otherwise disposed of under section 17A) vested in or under the control and management of the Authority shall be deemed to be a public place for the purposes of the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap 228) and the Public Order Ordinance (Cap 245). (Amended 33 of 1978 s. 11) Cap 283 s 33 Power to specify forms (1) The Authority may specify the forms to be used under this Ordinance. (2) The Authority may publish in the Gazette any form specified by it under subsection (1). Cap 283 s 34 Exemptions (1) The Authority shall, for the purpose of this Ordinance, be exempt from the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap 112). (2) Property vested in or placed under the control and management of the Authority for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be exempt from Part I of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap 7). (Amended 16 of 1993 s. 16) |