Full legislation
s.115
Interpretation
(1)
In this Part, unless the context otherwise
requires—
Commissioner
(
署長
) means the Commissioner of Rating and
Valuation;
domestic
tenancy
(
住宅租賃
) means a tenancy of premises let as a
dwelling;
(Replaced
53 of 1993 s. 26
)
forfeiture
(
沒收租賃權
) means
forfeiture—
(a)
for breach of any provision of a tenancy; or
(b)
under a
provision of a tenancy
allowing forfeiture or determination following the destruction, or partial
destruction, of or damage to the premises;
(Added
40 of 1984 s. 31
)
landlord
(
業主
) includes any person, other than the
Government, who is, from time to time, entitled to receive rent in respect of any
premises and, in relation to a particular tenant, means the person entitled to
receive rent from that tenant;
(Amended
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
notice
to
quit
(
遷出通知書
) means a notice to terminate a tenancy
given in accordance with the express or implied provisions of that tenancy;
premises
(
處所
) means the subject matter of any
tenancy;
(Added
29 of 1983 s. 29
)
tenancy
(
租賃
) means a tenancy entered into orally
or in writing and
includes—
(a)
an agreement for a tenancy; and
(b)
a sub-tenancy;
(Amended
16 of 2004 s. 10
)
(c)
(Repealed
16 of 2004 s. 10
)
tenant
(
租客
) does not include a Government lessee
but
includes—
(Amended
29 of 1998 s. 105
)
(a)
a sub-tenant; and
(b)
any government other than the Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region, or a public body, corporation, partnership or firm
which is the tenant of premises which is the subject matter of a tenancy to
which this Part applies;
(Amended
23 of 1998 s. 2
)
Tribunal
(
審裁處
) means the Lands Tribunal established
under the Lands Tribunal Ordinance (
Cap. 17
).
(2)
(Repealed
53 of 1993 s. 26
)
(3)
No notice or application under this Part shall, for the purposes of the Land
Registration Ordinance (
Cap. 128
), be regarded as an
instrument in writing by which any parcel of ground, tenement or premises may be
affected or as creating a lis pendens.
(Added
29 of 1983 s. 29
)