Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

(7B)
Without prejudice to subsection (8), a
person who contravenes subsection (7) commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and in addition, on a second or subsequent conviction, to imprisonment for 12 months, and in any case to forfeit a sum not exceeding the equivalent
of—
(a)
in the case of a contravention of subsection
(7
)(
a
)(
i)
, 2 years’ rent calculated at the rate at which the premises were let without the authority of the Tribunal or the Commissioner; or
(b)
in the case of a contravention of subsection
(7
)(
a
)(
ii)
, the difference at the date of the contravention between the market value of the premises with vacant possession and the market value of the premises with the former tenant or sub-tenant in possession.
(Added
6 of 1980 s. 5
. Amended
29 of 1983 s. 15
)