Hong Kong Regulations

FIRE SERVICES (FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 14

Obstruction of means of escape

PART 3

FIRE HAZARD OFFENCES

(1) In relation to any premises, a person commits an offence if the person-

   (a)  sets out or leaves or causes to be set out or left; or

   (b)  being the owner, tenant, occupier or person in charge of the premises,
        permits or suffers to be set out or left, any article or thing that
        obstructs or may obstruct the means of escape in respect of the
        premises.

(2) A person who commits an offence under this section shall be liable-

   (a)  on a first conviction, to a fine at level 6;

   (b)  on a subsequent conviction, to a fine of $200000 and to imprisonment
        for 1 year, and, in any case, to a further fine of $20000 for each day
        during which the offence continues.

(3) In any proceedings under subsection (2), a document purporting to be a
certificate signed by the Director stating that the person named in the
document was on the date specified in the document convicted of an offence
contrary to this section shall be admitted in evidence on its production.

(4) Unless the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed in respect of the
document admitted in evidence under subsection (3)-

   (a)  that it is a certificate signed by the Director; and

   (b)  that the person named in the document was on the date specified in the
        document convicted of an offence contrary to this section.