Hong Kong Ordinances

BEDSPACE APARTMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Code of practice and directions

(1) For the purpose of providing practical guidance in respect of the
requirements of section 18, the Authority may from time to time give
directions both generally in the form of codes of practice and particularly by
notice in writing addressed to the licensee of a licensed  bedspace apartment
or, as the case may be, an applicant for a licence in respect of a
bedspace apartment.

(2) The Authority may from time to time revise the whole or any part of any
code of practice or any particular direction given under subsection (1) by
revoking, varying or adding to its provisions or requirements.

(3) A code of practice or any revision to a code of practice shall take effect
upon its publication by the Authority by notice in the Gazette.

(4) The Authority shall, on the issue of a code of practice or any revision to
a code of practice, cause it to be printed and distributed to the holder of
each certificate of exemption issued under this Ordinance and to each licensee
and may make arrangements for its distribution to the public.

(5) Failure on the part of any person to comply with the provisions of any
code of practice or with any particular direction given under subsection (1)
shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any
kind, but any such failure may in any proceedings

(whether civil or criminal and including proceedings for an offence under this
Ordinance) be relied on by any party to the proceedings as tending to
establish or to negative any liability which is in question in those
proceedings. (Enacted 1994)