### Bedspace Apartments Ordinance 《床位寓所條例》

34. Time limit for prosecution of offences
Any prosecution under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be commenced within 6 months of the commission of the offence or within 6 months of the same being discovered by or coming to the notice of the Authority.

35. Regulations
(1) The Secretary may by regulation provide for—
(a) reports and information to be supplied to the Authority in respect of bedspace apartments;
(b) the lodging of appeals under section 26 and the practice and procedure of the Appeal Board;
(c) fees to be charged for any matter under this Ordinance;
(d) any other matter or thing required or permitted to be prescribed under this Ordinance; and
(e) generally, the better carrying into effect of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) Any regulation made under this section may—
(a) prohibit the performance of particular acts without the consent of the Authority;
(b) authorize the Authority to require or prohibit the performance of particular acts; and
(c) require particular acts to be performed to the satisfaction of the Authority.
(3) Where the Authority is of the opinion that in respect of a bedspace apartment, compliance with any requirement of any regulation would cause hardship or injustice, or that it would be impracticable or unreasonable to require such compliance, the Authority may, by notice in writing to the person being the holder of the certificate of exemption in respect of the bedspace apartment or (as the case may be) the licensee thereof, waive wholly, partly or conditionally such requirement in respect of that bedspace apartment.
(4) The Authority may by notice in writing to the person mentioned in subsection (3)—
(a) amend any notice given under that subsection as the Authority thinks fit; or
(b) withdraw any such notice where it appears to the Authority that the circumstances by reason of which such notice was given have ceased to exist.
(5) Regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention of any specified provision thereof shall be an offence punishable on conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 and a term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year and a further fine not exceeding $5,000 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. (Amended E.R. 2 of 2014)
(6) Any regulation made under subsection (1)(c) may provide for—
(a) a different fee to be payable having regard to—
(i) the area of the premises used as a bedspace apartment;
(ii) the number of occupiers that a bedspace apartment is reasonably capable of accommodating; or
(iii) the period for which a certificate of exemption or a licence is issued; and
(b) the waiver, remission, reduction or refund of any fee.

### Land Drainage Ordinance 《土地排水條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Land Drainage Ordinance.

### Land Drainage Ordinance 《土地排水條例》

3. Preparation of draft plans
(1) The Drainage Authority shall prepare draft Drainage Authority Area plans of such parts of Hong Kong as the Secretary may direct.
(2) A draft plan prepared under subsection (1) shall show—
(a) the boundary of the Drainage Authority Area; and
(b) such watercourses in that Drainage Authority Area as are considered to be appropriate by the Drainage Authority to be designated as main watercourses in the plan.
(3) The Drainage Authority may, in conjunction with any draft plan prepared under subsection (1), prepare explanatory material relating to the plan, which may be in the form of diagrams, illustrations, notes or descriptive matter; and any such explanatory material shall form part of the plan referred to in subsection (1).

4. Amendment, replacement and cancellation of draft plan
A draft plan or part thereof prepared under section 3 and notified under section 5 may be amended by a draft plan showing the amendments and a draft plan prepared under section 3 and notified under section 5 may be replaced by another draft plan or cancelled, provided that the Drainage Authority shall not amend any part of or replace a draft plan in respect of which an objection has been made under section 7 or an application for review has been made under section 8.

### Land Drainage Ordinance 《土地排水條例》

5. Publication and inspection of draft plans
(1) Where the Drainage Authority has prepared or replaced a draft plan at any time under section 3 or 4, he shall cause a notice of the plan to be published in—
(a) 2 issues of the Gazette in English and Chinese;
(b) 2 issues of 2 Chinese language newspapers; and
(c) 2 issues of an English language newspaper.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) shall—
(a) contain a general description of the Drainage Authority Area shown in the draft plan;
(b) state where and when a copy of the plan may be inspected by the public;
(c) specify the time within which, and the manner in which, objections to the draft plan prepared or replaced under section 3 or 4 may be made; and
(d) where the Drainage Authority has replaced a draft plan, identify the draft plan which has been replaced under section 4.
(3) A copy of a draft plan shall be available for inspection by the public free of charge at such offices of the Government as the Drainage Authority thinks fit for a period of 60 days from the date of first publication of a notice in the Gazette under subsection (1) and during the hours when those offices are normally open to the public.
(4) The Drainage Authority shall supply a copy of the draft plan prepared or replaced under section 3 or 4, or the draft plan showing the amendments under subsection (5), to any person on request and upon payment of such fee as he may determine.
(5) Where the Drainage Authority has at any time amended a draft plan under section 4, he shall publish a notice of such amendments in the same manner as is specified in subsections (1) and (2) except that the period referred to in subsection (3) shall be 30 days and the notice shall also identify the draft plan which has been amended under section 4.
(6) Where the Drainage Authority has cancelled a draft plan at any time under section 4, he shall publish a notice of such cancellation in the same manner as is specified in subsection (1) except that the notice shall be published in one issue of the Gazette and the newspapers referred to in that subsection and that the notice shall also identify the draft plan which has been cancelled under section 4.
(7) A copy of a draft plan notified under this section shall be deposited in the Land Registry and shall be available for inspection by any person without payment of any fee.

### Land Drainage Ordinance 《土地排水條例》

6. Effect of publication of notice under section 5
(1) Upon the first publication of a notice in the Gazette under section 5(1) or (5)—
(a) this Ordinance shall apply with respect to the Drainage Authority Area and main watercourses shown on the draft plan as notified under section 5(1) or (5), and this Ordinance shall continue to so apply notwithstanding any proposed alterations made under sections 7 and 8;
(b) (i) any draft plan replaced by the draft plan as notified under section 5(1) shall be thereby repealed; or
(ii) that part of any draft plan amended by the draft plan as notified under section 5(5) shall be thereby repealed; and
(c) any approved plan referred to the Secretary by the Chief Executive in Council for replacement under section 17(1)(b) and so replaced by a draft plan notified under section 5(1) shall be thereby repealed. (Amended 61 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) Upon the publication of a notice under section 5(6), the draft plan so notified shall be thereby repealed.
(3) The repeal of any draft plan under this section shall not affect anything lawfully done or any right to compensation under this Ordinance which has accrued prior to such repeal.