### Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance 《業主與租客(綜合)條例》

10E. Certificates of increase in rent
(1) Where a landlord applies for a certificate under section 10D, the Commissioner shall—
(a) if satisfied that, on the date of the receipt of the application, the rent permitted under section 10(1) exceeded the current rent paid by the tenant, issue free of charge and serve on the landlord and on the tenant certificates in the specified form stating the amount, as ascertained in accordance with subsection (2), by which the current rent may be increased; or
(b) if not satisfied that, on the date of the receipt of the application, the rent permitted under section 10(1) exceeded the current rent paid by the tenant, issue free of charge and serve on the landlord and on the tenant certificates in the specified form to that effect,
and he may endorse on the certificates such matters as he thinks proper relating to such application, which, in the case of a dispute as to facts, shall include the Commissioner’s determination of those facts under section 10D(6).
(2) The amount mentioned in subsection (1)(a) shall be the difference between—
(a) the rent permitted under section 10(1) on the date of the receipt of the application;
(b) the current rent,
disregarding any cents in that amount.
(3) Where a certificate has been issued under subsection (1)(b) in relation to any premises, no further application under section 10D in respect of those premises shall be made by the person to whom the certificate has been issued before the expiry of 6 months from the date of service of the certificate.
(Added 53 of 1993 s. 9)

### Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance 《業主與租客(綜合)條例》

10F. Review
(1) Where the Commissioner issues a certificate under section 10E, the landlord or the tenant may within 14 days of service on him of the certificate apply to the Commissioner by notice in duplicate in the specified form for a review of the certificate.
(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1) and such fee as may be determined by the Financial Secretary, the Commissioner shall review his certificate issued under section 10E and, after giving both parties the opportunity of making written submissions, he may affirm the certificate or cancel it and issue a new certificate under that section, and shall serve on the parties a notice of his decision in the specified form.
(3) The Commissioner may, at the time of any review under subsection (2), determine the date from which any increase in rent shall take effect, and, if he makes such determination, shall include such determination in the notice of decision served under subsection (2).
(4) For the purpose of section 32(aa), an appeal shall lie to the Tribunal in respect of a decision of the Commissioner under this section but not under section 10E.
(Added 53 of 1993 s. 9)

10G. Notices of increases
(1) Unless the Commissioner has made a determination under section 10F(3) or the Tribunal has made an order under section 32(aa) regarding the date from which an increase in rent shall take effect, an increase in rent specified in a certificate issued under section 10E(1)(a) shall not take effect except in pursuance of a notice of increase in the specified form served by the landlord on the tenant, specifying the date from which the increase is to take effect.
(2) Where a landlord serves a notice of increase on the tenant under subsection (1) he shall, at the same time, send a copy of the notice to the Commissioner.
(3) The date specified in a notice under subsection (1) shall not, subject to section 10H, be earlier than the first day when rent becomes due after the expiration of 1 month from the service of the notice.
(4) Notwithstanding this section, where proceedings on a review under section 10F or an appeal under section 32(aa) are not concluded on the date specified in a notice under subsection (1), the failure by the tenant to pay the increase in rent prior to the conclusion of such proceedings shall not be a breach of covenant to pay rent nor give rise to a right to forfeiture.
(Added 53 of 1993 s. 9)

### Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance 《業主與租客(綜合)條例》

10H. Effective date for increases
(1) No increase in rent of any premises pursuant to—
(a) a notice under section 10(1A)(a);
(b) a certificate under section 10E or 10F; or
(c) an order of the Tribunal under section 32(aa),
shall take effect within a period of 1 year from the date on which the rent of the premises was last increased, whether by agreement or otherwise.
(2) For the purposes of this section rent shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been increased if the tenant has made any payments, other than rates, to the landlord, and such additional payments have been made as a condition of the right to occupation of the premises.
(3) Any increase in rent under section 10(2), (3) or (3AC), 10AA, 10B or 10C shall not be an increase in rent for the purposes of this section.
(Added 53 of 1993 s. 9)

11. Rent of premises conditionally excluded
Where premises are excluded from the further application of this Part by order under section 4, and it is a condition of the order that a building or buildings shall be erected upon the site of such premises in accordance with the terms of such order, then until the Building Authority has certified that such condition has been fulfilled the provisions of this Part in regard to permitted rent shall continue to apply to such premises notwithstanding such exclusion, and it shall be unlawful to demand or receive in respect of such premises or any part thereof any rent in excess of the permitted rent of the premises or such part, and any person who demands or receives any rent in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 3.
(Added 30 of 1955 s. 7. Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)

13. Statement to be supplied as to standard rent
A landlord of any premises to which this Part applies shall, on being so requested in writing by the tenant of such premises or by the superior landlord of such landlord, supply the tenant or the superior landlord, as the case may be, with a statement in writing of the standard rent of such premises, and, if, without reasonable excuse, he fails within 14 days so to do, or supplies a statement which is false in any material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine at level 1.
(25 of 1947 s. 21 incorporated. Amended E.R. 4 of 2020)

### Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance 《業主與租客(綜合)條例》

14. Postponement of permitted increase where repairs effected by tenant
If the tenant of any premises has since 16 August 1945, with the consent of the landlord of such premises, effected repairs thereto which were necessary to render the said premises reasonably habitable and the sum expended by such tenant has amounted to the equivalent of not less than the standard rent of such premises for a period of 6 months, that portion of the rent permitted under section 10(1) which exceeds the standard rent shall not commence to accrue or become payable or recoverable until such time as the amount thereof would, but for this provision, have been equal to one-half of the amount expended by the tenant on such repairs.
(25 of 1947 s. 7 incorporated. Amended 39 of 1979 s. 11)