Hong Kong Ordinances

KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 8

Renewal of permit or licence

(1) Subject to this section, the licensing authority may renew a permit or a
licence.

(2) A grantee or a licensee may, not less than 90 days before the expiration
of his permit or his licence, apply to the licensing authority for his permit
or his licence to be renewed.

(3) This section does not apply to a grantee or a licensee whose permit or
licence is revoked.

(4) An application by a grantee or a licensee for the renewal of a permit or a
licence shall be made to the licensing authority in such form and manner as he
may require.

(5) The renewal of a permit or a licence under this section shall not take
effect except on payment of the prescribed fee and the licensing  authority
may in respect of the renewed permit or licence impose any condition in
addition to or instead of any condition previously imposed by him under
section 5(2) or 6(4), as the case may be.

(6) A renewal of a permit or a licence under this section before the
expiration of the permit or the licence shall take effect on the day following
the day of its expiration.

(7) Any permit or licence in respect of which an application for renewal is
made under this section and which expires prior to the determination of such
application shall, unless such application is withdrawn, or the permit or the
licence is revoked or suspended under section 10, remain in force until the
determination by the licensing  authority of such application.

(8) A renewal of a permit or a licence under this section shall have effect
from the day following the day upon which the permit or the licence being
renewed would have expired but for subsection (7), for a period of 24 months
or such lesser period as may be indicated by the licensing authority at the
time of renewal.