Hong Kong Ordinances

KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Provisional permits and provisional licences

(1) Where an application is made to the licensing authority under section 5(1)
for the grant of a permit or the issue of a licence, as the case may be, in
respect of a karaoke establishment, the licensing  authority may on
application grant a provisional permit or issue a provisional licence.

(2) A provisional permit or a provisional licence shall authorize the grantee
or the licensee to operate a karaoke establishment until-

   (a)  the expiration of a period of 6 months or of such lesser period as may
        be indicated in the provisional permit or the provisional licence;

   (b)  the licensing authority grants a permit or issues a licence to the
        applicant under section 5(2); or

   (c)  the licensing authority serves a copy of a written order made under
        section 5(6) on the applicant notifying his refusal to grant a permit
        or to issue a licence, whichever occurs first.

(3) A provisional permit or a provisional licence may, on one occasion only,
be renewed on expiration for a period of 6 months or for such lesser period as
may be indicated by the licensing authority at the time of renewal.