Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

(1)
Any person who unlawfully deprives a tenant or sub-tenant of occupation of any
                premises 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.
(2)
Any person who, with intent to cause a tenant or
sub-
tenant—
(a)
to give up occupation of any premises or part of premises; or
(b)
to refrain from exercising any right or pursuing any remedy in respect of
                    any premises or part of premises,
does any act calculated to interfere with the peace or comfort of the tenant
                or
sub-
tenant or members of his household or persistently withdraws or withholds
                services reasonably required for occupation of the premises as a dwelling 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.
(3)
Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) or (2), the
                court, in addition to passing sentence, may order the person convicted to pay to the
                tenant or sub-tenant such sum as it thinks fit by way of compensation for damage,
                loss or inconvenience suffered by the tenant or sub-tenant by reason of the acts
                constituting the offence and to forfeit to the Government a sum not exceeding the
                equivalent of 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.
(Amended
44 of 2000 s. 3
)