MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE - minor amendment

MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS INCORPORATION) ORDINANCE - minor amendment

CHAPTER 344

MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS (OWNERS
INCORPORATION)

1. The Multi-storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) Ordinance
is amended-

(1) by adding after section 2-

2A. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Ordinance
shall not apply where-

(a)a person has given an undertaking in writing to,
or has entered into an agreement with, the
Government to manage or be responsible for the
management of a building; and

(b)the undertaking or agreement has been registered
in the Land Office.

(2) This Ordinance shall apply in respect of a
building referred to in subsection (1) only if there is
registered in the Land Office a certificate by the Chief
Secretary that the Government has no objection to the
appointment of a management committee under this
Ordinance.
(Added 46 of 1974 s. 2)

(2)in section 5(3) by repealing 'Secretary for Home Affairs' and
substituting 'Chief Secretary';

(3) in section 8(2)--

(a) by repealing 'and' at the end of paragraph (a);

(b) by adding after paragraph (a)-

(aa) the corporation shall have, and be deemed
always to have had, the power to hold an
undivided share in the building, together with the
right to the exclusive possession of any part of
the building other than the common parts
thereof; and (Added 52 of 1975 s.2)

(4)in section 24(1) by repealing 'the Distress for Rent Ordinance'
and substituting 'Part III of the Landlord and Tenant
(Consolidation) Ordinance'.

Rectified by the Attorney General under the Revised Edition of the Laws
Ordinance 1965.





2. The Multi-storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) (Fees)
Regulations are amended in the Schedule-
(a) in item 5 by repealing '$5' and substituting '$10';
(b) in item 6 by repealing '$1' and substituting '$2';
(c) in item 8 by repealing '$5' and substituting '$10'.
46 of 1974 s. 2 Ordinance not to apply in certain cases L.N. 67 of 1985 L.N. 242 of 1989 52 of 1975 s. 2 L.N. 258 of 1978

46 of 1974 s. 2 Ordinance not to apply in certain cases L.N. 67 of 1985 L.N. 242 of 1989 52 of 1975 s. 2 L.N. 258 of 1978

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