### Residential Properties (First-hand Sales) Ordinance 《一手住宅物業銷售條例》

42. Measurements and photographs to be taken in show flat
(1) If an unmodified show flat of a residential property is made available for viewing by prospective purchasers, or by the general public, under section 38(2), the vendor must not restrict any person who views the show flat from taking measurements, or taking photographs or making video recordings, of the show flat.
(2) If a modified show flat of a residential property is made available for viewing by prospective purchasers, or by the general public, under section 38(3), the vendor must not restrict any person who views the show flat from taking measurements of the show flat.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to any restriction that is reasonable in the circumstances for ensuring the safety of the persons viewing the show flat.
(4) If subsection (1) or (2) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6.

43. Application of sections 36, 37, 39, 40 and 41 in case of phased development
If the vendor, in the case of section 14(2)(b), makes available for viewing by prospective purchasers, or by the general public, a show flat of a residential property in an uncompleted phase of the development, sections 36, 37, 39, 40 and 41 apply to the show flat as if a reference in those sections to the development were a reference to the uncompleted phase.

44. Viewing before sale
(1) Before the specified residential property is sold to a person, the vendor must make the residential property available for viewing by the person.
(2) Subsection (1) does not require the vendor to make the specified residential property available for viewing by the person—
(a) if it is not reasonably practicable for the specified residential property to be viewed by the person; and
(b) if—
(i) the vendor has made a comparable residential property in the completed development (in the case of section 14(3)(a)) or completed phase (in the case of section 14(3)(b)) available for viewing by the person; or
(ii) it is not reasonably practicable for any such comparable residential property to be viewed by the person, and the person agrees in writing that the vendor is not required to make such a comparable residential property available for viewing by the person before the specified residential property is sold to the person.
(3) If subsection (1) is contravened, the vendor of the specified residential property commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500,000.

### Residential Properties (First-hand Sales) Ordinance 《一手住宅物業銷售條例》

45. Requirements for comparable residential property for viewing
(1) This section applies if, before the specified residential property is sold to a person, the vendor makes a comparable residential property available for viewing by the person for the purposes of section 44(2)(b)(i).
(2) The vendor must display in the comparable residential property in accordance with subsection (4)—
(a) a plan of the comparable residential property that shows the dimensions of—
(i) the comparable residential property; and
(ii) the internal partitions, and any bay windows, air conditioning plant rooms, balconies, utility platforms and verandahs, in the comparable residential property; and
(b) a plan of the specified residential property that shows the dimensions of—
(i) the specified residential property; and
(ii) the internal partitions, and any bay windows, air conditioning plant rooms, balconies, utility platforms and verandahs, in the specified residential property.
(3) The vendor must display in the comparable residential property in accordance with subsection (4) a notice—
(a) setting out which (if any) of the fittings, finishes and appliances in the comparable residential property are those included in the specified residential property as depicted in the sales brochure for the development or the phase; and
(b) stating that any other fittings, finishes and appliances in the comparable residential property are not included in the specified residential property.
(4) A plan under subsection (2), or a notice under subsection (3), must be displayed in such a manner that the plan or notice is reasonably visible to any person entering the comparable residential property.
(5) If subsection (2) or (3) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6.

46. Measurements and photographs to be taken in residential property for viewing
(1) The vendor must not restrict any person who views a residential property for the purposes of section 44(1) or (2)(b)(i) from taking measurements, or taking photographs or making video recordings, of the residential property.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any restriction that is reasonable in the circumstances for ensuring the safety of the persons viewing the residential property.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the residential property is held under a tenancy (other than a Government lease).
(4) If subsection (1) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6.

### Residential Properties (First-hand Sales) Ordinance 《一手住宅物業銷售條例》

47. Sales arrangements to be made available on website
(1) During a period of at least 3 days immediately before a date of the sale mentioned in section 14(1), and on such a date, the vendor—
(a) must make hard copies of a document containing the information specified in subsection (2) available for collection by the general public free of charge; and
(b) must, in accordance with subsection (3), make the information specified in subsection (2) available for inspection on the website designated by the vendor for the development for the purposes of this Part.
(2) The following information is specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and (b)—
(a) the date and time when, and the place where, the specified residential property will be offered to be sold;
(b) the number of specified residential properties in the development that will be offered to be sold on that date, and at that time and place;
(c) a description of the specified residential properties mentioned in paragraph (b);
(d) the method to be used to determine the order of priority in which each of the persons interested in purchasing any of those specified residential properties may select the residential property that the person wishes to purchase;
(e) the method to be used, in any case where 2 or more persons are interested in purchasing a particular specified residential property, to determine the order of priority in which each of those persons may proceed with the purchase.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), the information must be published in such a manner that the information is reasonably visible to any person browsing the website.
(4) The specified residential property must not be sold, or offered to be sold, before the date and time published under subsection (2)(a).
(5) If subsection (1) or (4) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500,000.