The Incorporated Owners of Matauwei Apartments 訴 Ng Shung Cho

LDBM 387/2000

香港特別行政區

土地審裁處

建築物管理申請編號LDBM 2000年第387宗

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判 案 書

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1. 根據申請通知書所載，申請人是位於九龍馬頭圍道名為Matauwei Apartments 的業主立案法團，而答辯人是Matauwei Apartments 內一個樓房單位的業主。

2. 申請人的申請，是要求土地審裁處將答辯人的反對通知書剔 除，原因是該反對通知書並無披露合理的抗辯。

3. 在申請通知書內，申請人指答辯人拒絕或並無繳交該大廈的維修分擔費，因而違反Matauwei Apartments公契第 3(b) 條的規定。對繳付大廈維修費的規定，申請書的第7段有以下的陳述：

"Clause 13 of the DMC provides that if either of the parties thereto shall fail to fulfil his share of the re-instatement of or repairs to the Building if such re-instatement or repairs shall become necessary or shall fail to pay his share or the cost of such re-instatement or repairs within two months from the date of any notice from the other requiring the same to be done or paid then the party serving such notice may at his own discretion proceed to carry out such re-instatement or repairs and the defaulting party shall on demand pay to the other party his share of the costs and expenses incurred in such re-instatement or repairs..........."

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4. 依據上述公契第13條的規定，祇有在申請人提出付款時，答辯人才需繳交維修分擔費。

5. 申請通知書的第10段是有關送達要求繳付維修分擔費的通知（“通知”）：

"10. Demand for contributions to the costs charges and expenses of the aforesaid works (hereinafter "the Repairs and Maintenance Fund") in respect of the Respondent's Property was duly served on the Respondent on 14th December 1998 :-

Particulars

1st instalment payable on or before 31st December 1998	HK$8,400.00
2nd instalment payable on or before 31st January 1999	HK$6,300.00
3rd instalment payable on or before 28th February 1999	HK$6,379.00
Total:	HK$21,079.00"
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6. 在反對通知書內的第8段，答辯人提出下列的抗辯：

"Paragraph 1 and Paragraphs 3 to 12 (inclusive) of the Application are not admitted."

7. 在申請通知書的第1段,申請人指稱它本身是按香港法律成立的業主立案法團。

8. 如果申請人未能証明它是業主立案法團，它的申請會失敗。

9. 如果它未能証明在1998年12月14日將通知送達予答辯人，則申請人並無提出申請的訴因，而它的申請必定失敗。

10. 反對通知書述明答辯人並不承認申請人的法律地位以及載於第10段的指控，因此它已披露了合理的抗辯。

11. 基於上述的原因，本席撤銷申請人的申請。

12. 申請人須支付答辯人有關本傳票的訟費。如與訟雙方未能議定訟費的款額，則該款額由法庭審定。