Hong Kong Regulations

FIRE SERVICES (FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT) REGULATION - SECT 26

Termination of tenancy

Termination of tenancy and closure order

(1) A magistrate may, on application-

   (a)  by a person on whom a notice was served under section 25; or

   (b)  in the case of a body corporate, by the body or by a person on behalf
        of the body, make an order terminating the tenancy of the premises in
        respect of which a person has been convicted of an offence under
        section 19 or 20, and the tenancy shall terminate as from the date of
        the order for all purposes.

(2) A tenant under the tenancy so terminated and an occupier of the premises
under the tenancy may be treated as trespassers on the termination of the
tenancy.

(3) An order made under subsection (1) shall be sufficient authority for a
member or police officer-

   (a)  to enter the premises specified in the order;

   (b)  to evict from the premises any person who may under subsection

(2) be treated as a trespasser; and

   (c)  to remove from the premises anything belonging to or in the possession
        of the person treated as a trespasser.

(4) A member or police officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary
to exercise the power conferred by subsection (3).

(5) The powers under this section shall be in addition to and not in
derogation of any powers conferred by or under any other law.