Hong Kong Ordinances

BEDSPACE APARTMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Responsibility of owners, tenants, etc. of premises

Any person who-

   (a)  being the owner, tenant, lessee or person in charge of any premises or
        part of any premises (other than a bedspace for one person), uses or
        permits or suffers the use of such premises or (as the case may be)
        such part of such premises in such manner as, by such use alone or in
        conjunction with the use or intended use of any other part or parts of
        such premises, constitutes such premises a bedspace apartment in
        respect of which neither of the conditions specified in section 5(2)
        has to his knowledge been satisfied; or

   (b)  lets or sublets, or agrees to let or sublet, whether as principal or
        agent, any premises or part of any premises with the knowledge that
        such premises or such part of such premises are or is used, or are or
        is intended to be used, in such manner as, by such use alone or in
        conjunction with the use or intended use of any other part or parts of
        such premises, constitutes such premises a bedspace apartment in
        respect of which neither of the conditions specified in section 5(2)
        has been satisfied, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to
        a fine of $100000 and to imprisonment for 2 years and to a further
        fine of $20000 for each day or part of a day during which the offence
        has continued. (Enacted 1994)