Hong Kong Ordinances

TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Amendment of diagrams, etc.

(1) Where a draft plan prepared before the commencement of the Town Planning
(Amendment and Validation) Ordinance 1974 (59 of 1974), whether it has been
approved under section 9 or not, contains, or is accompanied by, diagrams,
illustrations, notes or descriptive matter, the Board may, for the purpose of
removing any uncertainty,-

   (a)  amend such diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter; or

   (b)  replace such diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter with
        such other diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter as it
        thinks fit, and the amended or new diagrams, illustrations, notes or
        descriptive matter shall be, and shall be deemed always validly to
        have been, part of the plan.

(2) Where, pursuant to subsection (1), the Board amends or replaces any
diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter contained in, or
accompanying, a draft plan which has been approved under section 9, the Board
shall notify the Land Registrar of the amendment or replacement and the Land
Registrar shall make such amendment of the copy of the plan deposited with him
under section 11 as may be necessary. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3)

(3) Where the Board has amended or replaced any diagrams, illustrations, notes
or descriptive matter under subsection (1), the Board shall make such amended
or new diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter available for
public inspection and shall publish in the Gazette a notice of the place and
time at which the same may be inspected.

(4) Notwithstanding any provision of this Ordinance, no objection shall be
allowed to any amendment or replacement made by the Board under subsection
(1). (Added 59 of 1974 s. 3)