Hong Kong Regulations

FIRE SERVICES (FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 23

Notification to Land Registrar of charges etc.

PART 5

PROTECTION OF INNOCENT PARTIES

Notification and publication of charges and convictions

(1) If a charge under section 19 or 20 is preferred against a person or is
withdrawn, the Director shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, cause to be
registered in the Land Registry a notice in writing stating the fact and the
date on which it occurred and setting out the specified information.

(2) If a person is acquitted or convicted by a magistrate of, or successfully
appeals against a conviction for, an offence under section 19 or 20, the
magistrate or the appellate court (as the case may be) shall, as soon as
reasonably practicable, send a notice in writing to the Director stating the
fact and the date on which it occurred and setting out the
specified information.

(3) On receipt of the notice under subsection (2), the Director shall, as soon
as reasonably practicable, cause it to be registered in the Land Registry.

(4) In this section, "specified information" (指明的資料) means the
address of the premises, in respect of which an offence under section 19 or 20
is or was alleged or proved to have been committed, and if the alleged offence
or the proved offence related to a part of premises, the location of that
part.

"specified information" (指明的資料)