Hong Kong Ordinances

LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Rent of premises conditionally excluded

Where premises are excluded from the further application of this Part by order
under section 4, and it is a condition of the order that a building or
buildings shall be erected upon the site of such premises in accordance with
the terms of such order, then until the Building Authority has certified that
such condition has been fulfilled the provisions of this Part in regard to
permitted rent shall continue to apply to such premises notwithstanding such
exclusion, and it shall be unlawful to demand or receive in respect of such
premises or any part thereof any rent in excess of the permitted rent of the
premises or such part, and any person who demands or receives any rent in
contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on summary conviction to a fine of $10000. (Added 30 of 1955 s. 7)