Hong Kong Ordinances

HOUSING MANAGERS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE - SECT 30

Offences and penalties

PART VII

OFFENCE AND EVIDENCE

Any person who-

   (a)  having been summoned by an inquiry committee to attend as a witness or
        to produce a document or other thing under section 24 without
        reasonable excuse refuses or fails to do so;

   (b)  attends as a witness before an inquiry committee and, without lawful
        excuse, refuses or fails to answer any question put to him by the
        inquiry committee;

   (c)  fraudulently obtains registration as a registered professional 
        housing manager for himself or any other person;

   (d)  obtains registration as a registered professional housing  manager for
        himself or any other person by means of any misleading, false or
        fraudulent representation or statement, either orally or in writing;

   (e)  makes or causes to be made any falsification in the register;

   (f)  impersonates or falsely represents himself as being the person
        referred to in any certificate or document presented to the Board or
        an inquiry committee in connection with its functions under this
        Ordinance;

   (g)  falsely takes or uses any name, initials, title, addition or
        description implying that his name is entered in the register;

   (h)  not being a registered professional housing manager, uses or knowingly
        permits the use of in connection with his business or profession-

        (i)	the description "registered professional housing manager" or "註冊
專業房屋經理";

   (i)  ) the initials "R.P.H.M."; or

        (iii)  initials or abbreviations or words intended to cause, or which
               may reasonably cause, any person to believe that the person
               using them is on the register;

        (i)    not being on the register, advertises or represents himself as
               a registered professional housing manager or knowingly permits
               himself to be so advertised or represented;

   (j)  holds himself out to be ordinarily resident in Hong Kong at the time
        of making an application for registration when he is not so ordinarily
        resident, commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 5 and to
        imprisonment for 1 year.