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[接上页] (a) the name of a consumer of a fire service or inside service, or the name of an agent of a communal service; (b) the location of the fire service, inside service or communal service; (c) in the case of proceedings for the recovery of an unpaid charge,- (i) the name of the person liable to pay the charge; (ii) the amount of the charge; (iii) the nature and other particulars of the charge; and (iv) that the charge remains unpaid; (d) in the case of proceedings in respect of alterations or repairs to a fire service, inside service or communal service, the nature and other particulars of the alterations or repairs, shall be admitted in evidence without further proof. (3) When a document is admitted in evidence under subsection (2)- (a) until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that the document is so signed; (b) the document shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. Cap 102 s 35 Penalties (1) Any person who is guilty of an offence under this Ordinance shall, unless a penalty is otherwise expressly provided, be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $5000. (2) Any person convicted of an offence under section 29 or section 30(1) or (2) shall, if the offence is a continuing one, be liable to a further fine of $200 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues. Cap 102 s 36 Power of arrest (1) Any public officer, authorized in writing in that behalf by the Water Authority, may arrest any person whom he reasonably suspects of having committed an offence under section 29(1)(e), 30, 31 or 32. (2) Where a public officer arrests a person under subsection (1) he shall forthwith take that person to the nearest police station and hand him over to the custody of a police officer, and thereupon section 52 of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap 232) shall apply. Cap 102 s 37 Regulations Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 57 of 1999 s. 3 (1) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following matters- (Amended 57 of 1999 s. 3) (a) the quality and type of a supply; (b) the construction, installation, maintenance, cleanliness, alteration, repair or removal of a fire service or inside service; (c) the connexion or reconnexion of a fire service or inside service to the main and the conditions subject to which such connexion or reconnexion may be made; (d) the method of measuring or assessing consumption; (e) the provision, number, size, installation, maintenance, repair, removal and custody of meters in premises; (f) the use of a supply for any particular purpose; (g) the prevention of waste or misuse of a supply; (h) the control of consumption from public standpipes; (i) the restriction or suspension of a supply or the disconnexion of a fire service or inside service; (j) the charges payable under this Ordinance; (k) the deposits to be paid by consumers; (l) the surcharge which may be levied on an unpaid charge; (m) the licensing of plumbers for the purposes of this Ordinance and control of licensed plumbers; (n) the taking of fish in waters forming part of the waterworks and the arrest by an officer empowered under such regulations of any person who he has reason to believe has contravened any specified regulation made under this paragraph; (o) the prohibition and control of access to gathering grounds; (p) the provision and control of burial grounds, camping sites and recreational facilities in gathering grounds; (q) the control over the use of gathering grounds for any purpose other than those specified in paragraph (p); (r) the service of any notice, form or other document under this Ordinance; (s) the signature on any notice, form or other document under this Ordinance or the printing of a name in lieu of the signature; (t) prescribing anything which under this Ordinance is to be or may be prescribed; and (u) generally for the better carrying out of this Ordinance. (2) A regulation made under this section may provide that a contravention thereof shall be an offence and may prescribe a penalty for such offence not exceeding a fine of $4000. (Amended 27 of 1983 s. 3) (3) Regulations made under subsection (1)(o), (p) or (q) shall not apply to leased land within a gathering ground. Cap 102 s 38 Water Authority may specify notices and forms (1) A notice under this Ordinance shall be in writing and shall be in such form as may be specified by the Water Authority. (2) The Water Authority may specify any forms required for the purposes of this Ordinance. (3) The Water Authority may publish in the Gazette any forms specified by him under subsection (2). Cap 102 s 39 Transitional and saving provisions (1) Any notice served, or map of a gathering ground prepared, under the repealed Waterworks Ordinance (Cap 102 1964 Ed.)(hereinafter referred to as the repealed Ordinance), and in force at the commencement of this Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been served or prepared under this Ordinance. (2) Any person who is a consumer under the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to be a consumer under this Ordinance and an undertaking given or a deposit paid by a consumer under the repealed Ordinance shall be deemed to be an undertaking given or a deposit paid under this Ordinance. |