Cap. 28activeordinance

Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance

土地(雜項條文)條例

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s.11

Duty of lessee or licensee to notify Authority of unlawful structure

(1)
If it comes to the knowledge of a lessee or licensee that, in breach of the
                Government lease or licence, a
structure—
(Amended
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
(a)
is being erected or placed on the land or on any building on the land;
                    or
(b)
has been erected or placed thereon since 22 October 1965,
otherwise than by him or on his behalf, the lessee or licensee shall notify
                the Authority within 48 hours.
(2)
Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (1) shall be
                guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
                at
                level 1.
(Amended
E.R. 5 of 2020
)
(3)
In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2), the lessee or licensee
                shall be presumed to have known that the structure was being or had been erected or
                placed on the land, unless he proves that he did not know, and could not reasonably
                have known, of the same.