### Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 《土地(雜項條文)條例》

10U. Designation of strategic street, sensitive street and remaining street
(1) The Director of Highways may, by notice published in the Gazette—
(a) designate any street or part of a street as a strategic street, a sensitive street or a remaining street after taking into consideration the economic costs of traffic delay in a carriageway caused or likely to be caused by an excavation carried out on the street; and
(b) amend or revoke any such designation.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt, it is declared that a notice published under subsection (1) is not subsidiary legislation.

10V. Service of notice
A notice (howsoever described) which under this Part is required to be, or may be, sent or served to or on a person (howsoever described) other than the Authority shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be so sent or served if—
(a) in the case of an individual, it is—
(i) delivered to him;
(ii) left at his last known address for service, or at his last known place of residence or business, in Hong Kong;
(iii) sent by post to him at his last known address for service, or at his last known postal address, in Hong Kong; or
(iv) sent by telex, facsimile transmission or other similar method to him at his last known address for service, or at his last known postal address, or at his last known place of residence or business, in Hong Kong;
(b) in the case of a company, it is—
(i) given to or served on a director or manager of the company;
(ii) left at the company’s last known address for service, or at its last known place of business, in Hong Kong;
(iii) sent by post to the company at its last known address for service, or at its last known postal address, in Hong Kong; or
(iv) sent by telex, facsimile transmission or other similar method to the company at its last known address for service, or at its last known postal address, or at its last known place of business, in Hong Kong;
(c) in the case of a partnership, it is—
(i) delivered, left or sent in accordance with paragraph (a) in respect of any partner who is an individual; or
(ii) given, left or sent in accordance with paragraph (b) in respect of any partner which is a company;
(d) in the case of a person (attorney

### Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 《土地(雜項條文)條例》

11. Duty of lessee or licensee to notify Authority of unlawful structure
(1) If it comes to the knowledge of a lessee or licensee that, in breach of the Government lease or licence, a structure— (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)
(a) is being erected or placed on the land or on any building on the land; or
(b) has been erected or placed thereon since 22 October 1965,
otherwise than by him or on his behalf, the lessee or licensee shall notify the Authority within 48 hours.
(2) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1. (Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)
(3) In proceedings for an offence under subsection (2), the lessee or licensee shall be presumed to have known that the structure was being or had been erected or placed on the land, unless he proves that he did not know, and could not reasonably have known, of the same.

### Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 《土地(雜項條文)條例》

13. Power of entry and inspection
For the purpose of—
(a) ascertaining whether there has been a breach of a Government lease or licence for the purposes of section 12(1); or (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)
(b) carrying out any work or interviewing any person prior to the clearance of any land or the demolition of any structure on leased land or land occupied under a licence in accordance with the powers conferred by this Ordinance,
any public officer authorized in writing by the Authority may, on production of his authority, enter and inspect the land and any structure thereon at any reasonable time and may also carry out—
(i) any interview or investigation;
(ii) any screening, or affixing of numbers on structures, for the purpose of establishing eligibility of persons for public housing; and
(iii) any computation of compensation and allowances for any industrial, commercial or agricultural undertaking.
(Replaced 56 of 1979 s. 6)

14. Vesting of private streets in the Government
(1) If a Government lease, or an agreement for surrender relating to leased land, contains a provision that the lessee shall, when required, hand back any private street to the Government free of cost, the Authority may, by notice in the Gazette, declare the private street, or such part thereof as may be specified in the notice, to be a public street. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)
(2) The Authority shall, within 7 days after the publication of a notice under subsection (1), register a copy thereof in the Land Registry together with a plan showing the land declared by such notice to be a public street. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2)
(3) Upon the registration under subsection (2) in the Land Registry of a copy of a notice published under subsection (1)— (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2)
(a) all rights and obligations of the lessee in, upon or over the private street, or the part of the private street specified in the notice, shall be extinguished; and
(b) the private street, or such part of the private street, shall vest in the Government free from the rights of any person in the same manner and to the same effect as if it had been surrendered to the Government. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)

### Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 《土地(雜項條文)條例》

15. No action to lie in respect of extinguishment of rights in private street
(Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)No action shall be brought or continued, and no compensation shall be payable, in respect of the extinguishment under section 14(3) of the rights of any person in, upon or over the private street or such part of the private street.

15A. Power of approval by Chief Executive in Council in Government leases
Where any Government lease contains a condition to the effect that any matter or thing may not be done without the approval or consent of the Chief Executive in Council, the condition shall be deemed to include a provision that the power of the Chief Executive in Council to grant approval or give consent may be exercised by the Chief Executive.
(Added 72 of 1973 s. 2. Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105; 3 of 2000 s. 3)

16. Obstruction
Any person who obstructs an authorized person exercising any power, performing any duty, or carrying out any function, under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)

16A. False statements
Any person who makes a statement—
(a) in reply to any question put to him under or for the purposes of this Ordinance; or
(b) in any document required by, under or for the purposes of this Ordinance,
which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Added 56 of 1979 s. 7. Amended E.R. 5 of 2020)