Hong Kong Ordinances

LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 45

Prohibition of acts done mala fide with intent to induce a lessee to quit

(1) Any person who shall mala fide do any act whatsoever with intent to induce
the lessee of any premises to give up possession thereof shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of $2000.

(2) Upon the hearing of any summons issued under this section it shall be
lawful for a magistrate, in addition to imposing a fine if the defendant is
convicted, to order the defendant to pay to the lessee such sum as may appear
to the magistrate to be sufficient to compensate the lessee for any costs,
damages, loss or inconvenience sustained by him by reason of such act.

(25 of 1947 s. 33 incorporated. Amended 22 of 1953 s. 23)