Hong Kong Regulations

FIRE SERVICES (FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 21

Power to obtain personal particulars

PART 4

INVESTIGATION POWERS

(1) The Director, or a member authorized by the Director in writing on
producing, if so required, the document showing the member's authority, may
require-

   (a)  any person on whom a fire hazard abatement notice is served;

   (b)  any person whom the Director or the member has reasonable grounds for
        suspecting as being the person by reason of whose wilful act, default
        or sufferance a fire hazard arose or continues; or

   (c)  any person whom the Director or the member has reasonable grounds for
        suspecting has committed, is about to commit or intends to commit an
        offence under this Regulation, to give correct particulars of the
        person's name and address and produce the person's proof of identity
        to the Director or the member.

(2) The reference in subsection (1) to a person's proof of identity
is construed in accordance with the definition of "proof of identity" in
section 17B(1) of the Immigration Ordinance ( Cap 115).

(3) A person who-

   (a)  without reasonable excuse, fails to comply as soon as reasonably
        practicable with a requirement of the Director or the relevant member
        made under subsection (1); or

   (b)  furnishes particulars which the person knows to be false in a material
        particular in connection with a requirement under subsection (1),
        commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at
        level 4.