Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

(1)
The Commissioner may, for the purposes of this
Part—
(a)
serve on any person a requisition in the specified form requiring him to furnish to the Commissioner, within such reasonable period as the Commissioner may specify in the form, the particulars reasonably required by the Commissioner by the requisition;
(b)
require the landlord or tenant or former landlord or tenant of any premises to exhibit to him all documents relating to the tenancy and user of the premises, including leases, receipts for rent, rent-books and accounts, and the Commissioner may take copies of those documents;
(c)
at any reasonable time, with the consent of the occupier, enter and inspect any premises and take such measurements and other particulars as he thinks fit;
(d)
require the occupier or other person in control of the premises, following
                    not less than 24
                    hours’
                    notice in writing delivered at the premises, to allow the Commissioner to enter
                    and inspect those premises at any reasonable time and take such measurements and
                    other particulars as he thinks
                        fit;
(Amended
E.R.
                            4 of 2020
)
(e)
after the expiry of not less than 24
                    hours’
                    notice in writing to the occupier of the premises or, if the occupier cannot be
                    found, to the landlord or other person in control of the premises, enter at any
                    reasonable time during daylight (using such force as may be necessary) and
                    inspect any premises and take such measurements and other particulars as he
                    thinks
                        fit.
(Amended
E.R.
                            4 of 2020
)
(1A)
The Commissioner may disclose any information obtained under this Part to any specified person where in his opinion the disclosure will enable or assist the person to perform a function or exercise a power (including a right) imposed or conferred on the person
by—
(a)
this Ordinance;
(b)
the Rating Ordinance (
Cap. 116
); or
(c)
the Government Rent (Assessment and Collection) Ordinance (
Cap. 515
).
(Added
32 of 2002 s. 25
)
(1B)
In subsection (1A),
specified
                        person
(
指明人士
)
means—
(a)
the Tribunal or a court or magistrate; or
(b)
a public officer acting in his capacity as a public officer.
(c)
(Repealed
16 of 2004 s. 13
)
(2)
Any public officer or class of public officer employed in the Rating and Valuation Department and authorized in writing in that behalf by the Commissioner may exercise any of the powers and perform any of the duties conferred or imposed on the Commissioner by this Part.