Hong Kong Ordinances

SECURITY AND GUARDING SERVICES ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Application for revocation or suspension of permit

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a holder of a permit is no
longer a fit and proper person to hold the permit or where the holder of the
permit has been in breach of any condition of the permit, the Commissioner may
apply to the Authority for a revocation or suspension of the permit.

(2) Where an application is made under subsection (1)-

   (a)  the Secretary shall, within 7 days of the date of that application,
        fix a date for the hearing of the application and shall give at least
        14 days' notice of that date to the Commissioner and the holder of the
        permit; and that notice shall call on the holder of the permit to show
        cause as to why an order for the revocation or suspension of his
        permit ought not to be made; (Amended 25 of 2000 s. 10)

   (b)  the Commissioner may by notice in writing to the holder of the permit
        suspend the permit or vary the conditions of the permit for a period
        before the determination of the application and not exceeding 21 days;
        and

   (c)  where the Commissioner does so, the Authority may by notice in writing
        to the holder suspend the permit or vary the conditions of the permit
        for such further period before that determination as it thinks
        appropriate.

(3) The holder of the permit and the Commissioner may appear and be heard and
be legally represented at the hearing of an application under this section.

(4) On an application under this section, the Authority may, if satisfied that
the holder of the permit is no longer a fit and proper person to hold the
permit or has been in breach of any condition of the permit, revoke the permit
or suspend the permit for such period as it considers appropriate.

(5) Except for the purposes of section 15, the holder of a permit that has
been suspended under this section shall be treated, in respect of the period
of suspension, as if the permit had not been issued. (Enacted 1994)