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

12. Interpretation of Part 2
In this Part—
projected height (預計高度), in relation to a residential property, means the height of the residential property as calculated by deducting the thickness of the floor slab of the residential property as specified in relation to the residential property in the sales brochure for the development from the floor-to-floor height of the residential property as so specified;
show flat (示範單位), in relation to a residential property, means a property unit, or a structure resembling a property unit, that depicts the residential property for viewing by prospective purchasers or by the general public.

13. Interpretation of Part 2: sale of residential property
(1) For the purposes of this Part, there is a sale by the owner of a residential property if—
(a) the residential property is sold by the owner to any other person; or
(b) the residential property is offered by the owner to be sold to any other person.
(2) For the purposes of this Part, a residential property is offered by a person to be sold to any other person if—
(a) the person offers to sell the residential property to any other person; or
(b) the person invites any other person to offer to purchase the residential property from that person.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, a sale by the owner of a residential property does not include—
(a) an undertaking by the Urban Renewal Authority to an eligible person, whether or not in consideration of a payment of money by the person, to offer to sell to the person any residential property with a stipulated saleable area, located at one of the stipulated floors in a development stipulated by the Urban Renewal Authority, at the stipulated price per square foot or per square metre of that stipulated saleable area; or
(b) an act by the Urban Renewal Authority to ascertain whether or not an eligible person intends to accept such an undertaking.
(4) In this section—
eligible person (合資格人士) means a person whose property is acquired by the Urban Renewal Authority for the implementation of its redevelopment project.

14. Application of Part 2
(1) Divisions 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 apply if there is a sale by the owner of a specified residential property in a development.
(2) Division 4 applies if there is a sale by the owner of—
(a) a specified residential property in an uncompleted development; or
(b) for a development divided into 2 or more phases, a specified residential property in an uncompleted phase of the development.
(3) Division 5 applies if there is a sale by the owner of—
(a) a specified residential property in a completed development; or
(b) for a development divided into 2 or more phases, a specified residential property in a completed phase of the development.
(4) This section is subject to Division 9.

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

15. Sales brochure to be prepared by vendor
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the vendor must prepare for the purposes of section 25 a publication for the development that is entitled “Sales Brochure” in English and “售樓說明書” in Chinese.
(2) If the development is divided into 2 or more phases, the vendor must prepare for the purposes of section 25 a publication for each phase that is entitled “Sales Brochure” in English and “售樓說明書” in Chinese.
(3) If subsection (1) or (2) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000,000.

16. Prohibition on preparation of sales brochure by other person
(1) No person except the vendor may prepare, for the purpose of making it available to the general public, any publication for the development that is entitled “Sales Brochure” in English and “售樓說明書” in Chinese.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000,000.

17. Examination and revision of sales brochure
(1) The vendor may examine for the purposes of section 25 the sales brochure for the development to ascertain whether or not the information set out in the sales brochure is accurate as at the date of the examination.
(2) Any inaccuracy identified at an examination must be corrected by a revision to the sales brochure for the development.
(3) The vendor must, within 3 working days after the date of a revision, notify in writing each of the entities specified in Schedule 3 of the revision.
(4) If subsection (2) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500,000.
(5) If subsection (3) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6.

18. Title of sales brochure
(1) The sales brochure for the development must have the expressions “Sales Brochure” and “售樓說明書” printed as its title on the cover of the brochure.
(2) For the expression “Sales Brochure”, the size of the letters must not be smaller than the size of the same letters in 18 point Times New Roman typeface.
(3) For the expression “售樓說明書”, the size of the characters must not be smaller than the size of the same characters in 18 point “新細明體” typeface.
(4) If subsection (1), (2) or (3) 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》

20. Contents of sales brochure: other information required to be set out
(1) The sales brochure for the development must set out relevant information that is specific to a residential property in the development, or relevant information that is specific to the development, if—
(a) the information is not otherwise required to be set out in the sales brochure; and
(b) the information is known to the vendor but is not known to the general public.
(2) Subsection (1) does not authorize the sales brochure for the development to set out any information on the size or unit price of any residential property in the development otherwise than by reference to the saleable area of that property.
(3) The sales brochure for the development must set out the address of the website designated by the vendor for the development for the purposes of this Part. That address must be set out in such a manner that it is reasonably visible to any person reading the sales brochure. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(4) The information specified in subsection (1) and (3) must be set out in the sales brochure after the information required by section 19.
(5) If subsection (1) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $500,000.
(6) If subsection (3) or (4) is contravened, the vendor commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 6.
(7) In this section—
relevant information (有關資料)—
(a) in relation to a residential property, means information on any matter that is likely to materially affect the enjoyment of the residential property; or
(b) in relation to a development, means information on any matter that is likely to materially affect the enjoyment of any residential property of the development;

unit price (單位售價), in relation to any specified residential property, includes—
(a) the price of the property per square foot; and
(b) the price of the property per square metre.