Hong Kong Ordinances

SEX DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Discrimination in disposal or management of premises

(1) It is unlawful for a person, in relation to premises in Hong Kong of which
he has power to dispose, to discriminate against a woman-

   (a)  in the terms on which he offers her those premises;

   (b)  by refusing her application for those premises; or

   (c)  in his treatment of her in relation to any list of persons in need of
        premises of that description.

(2) It is unlawful for a person, in relation to premises managed by him, to
discriminate against a woman occupying the premises-

   (a)  in the way he affords her access to any benefits or facilities, or by
        refusing or deliberately omitting to afford her access to them; or

   (b)  by evicting her, or subjecting her to any other detriment.

(3) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who owns an estate or interest
in the premises and wholly occupies them unless he uses the services of an
estate agent for the purposes of the disposal of the premises, or publishes or
causes to be published an advertisement in connection with the disposal.

(4) In this section in relation to premises, "power to dispose" (有權處
置) includes the power to sell, rent, let, sub-let or otherwise part with
possession of those premises. (Enacted 1995)

(4) In this section in relation to premises, "power to dispose" (有權處
置) includes the power to sell, rent, let, sub-let or otherwise part with
possession of those premises.