### Security and Guarding Services Ordinance 《保安及護衞服務條例》

15. Renewal of permit
(1) A holder of a permit that has not been revoked may apply to the Commissioner for the renewal of his permit.
(2) An application for the renewal of a permit shall—
(a) be made not earlier than 6 months before the permit is due to expire and not later than 3 months before the permit is due to expire;
(b) be made in such form and manner as the Authority may specify; and
(c) be accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(3) Section 14 applies to an application for the renewal of a permit as it applies to an application for a permit, and the Commissioner may when renewing a permit impose on the holder of the permit any condition in addition to or instead of any condition (other than a condition specified under section 6(1)(b)(ii)) previously imposed on him.
(4) Any permit in respect of which an application for renewal is made under this section and which would (apart from this subsection) expire before the determination of the application shall, unless the application is withdrawn, or the permit is revoked or suspended under section 17 or 18, continue in force until the determination of the application.
(4A) A prescribed fee is payable by the holder of a permit in respect of the renewal of the permit. (Added 25 of 2000 s. 8)
(5) A renewal of a permit under this section shall be deemed to be granted on the day following the day on which the permit would have expired if no application for renewal had been made.

16. Application for variation of conditions of permit
(1) In respect of any permit, the Commissioner or the holder of the permit may apply to the Authority for a variation of the conditions of the permit, including conditions specified under section 6(1)(b)(ii).
(2) Where an application is made under subsection (1)—
(a) the Secretary shall, within 7 days of the date of that application, fix a date for the hearing of the application and shall give at least 14 days’ notice of that date to the Commissioner and the holder of the permit; and (Amended 25 of 2000 s. 9)
(b) the Authority or any member of the Authority authorized by the Authority to do so may by notice in writing to the Commissioner and to the holder of the permit vary the conditions of the permit until such time as the application is determined.
(3) The holder of the permit and the Commissioner may appear and be heard and be legally represented at the hearing of an application under this section.
(4) On an application under this section the Authority may, if it thinks fit, vary the conditions of the permit.

### Security and Guarding Services Ordinance 《保安及護衞服務條例》

17. Revocation of permit
Where any holder of a permit is convicted of any offence specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 and the penalty imposed on him for that offence is the penalty specified in relation to that offence in column 3 of that Schedule, the Commissioner shall, by notice in writing to the holder of the permit, revoke the permit.

18. Application for revocation or suspension of permit
(1) Where, in the opinion of the Commissioner, a holder of a permit is no longer a fit and proper person to hold the permit or where the holder of the permit has been in breach of any condition of the permit, the Commissioner may apply to the Authority for a revocation or suspension of the permit.
(2) Where an application is made under subsection (1)—
(a) the Secretary shall, within 7 days of the date of that application, fix a date for the hearing of the application and shall give at least 14 days’ notice of that date to the Commissioner and the holder of the permit; and that notice shall call on the holder of the permit to show cause as to why an order for the revocation or suspension of his permit ought not to be made; (Amended 25 of 2000 s. 10)
(b) the Commissioner may by notice in writing to the holder of the permit suspend the permit or vary the conditions of the permit for a period before the determination of the application and not exceeding 21 days; and
(c) where the Commissioner does so, the Authority may by notice in writing to the holder suspend the permit or vary the conditions of the permit for such further period before that determination as it thinks appropriate.
(3) The holder of the permit and the Commissioner may appear and be heard and be legally represented at the hearing of an application under this section.
(4) On an application under this section, the Authority may, if satisfied that the holder of the permit is no longer a fit and proper person to hold the permit or has been in breach of any condition of the permit, revoke the permit or suspend the permit for such period as it considers appropriate.
(5) Except for the purposes of section 15, the holder of a permit that has been suspended under this section shall be treated, in respect of the period of suspension, as if the permit had not been issued.

18A. Replacement of permit
The Commissioner may, if satisfied that any permit has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, issue a replacement of the permit to its holder on payment of the prescribed fee.
(Added 25 of 2000 s. 11)

### Security and Guarding Services Ordinance 《保安及護衞服務條例》

19. Application for licence
(1) An application for a licence may be made only by a company.
(2) An application for a licence shall—
(a) be made to the Authority in such form and manner as the Authority may specify; and
(b) be accompanied by—
(i) a statement in writing containing such particulars in respect of the application as may be prescribed or as, in any particular case, the Authority may require; and
(ii) the prescribed fee. (Replaced 25 of 2000 s. 12)
(3) (Repealed 25 of 2000 s. 12)

20. Investigation of application for licence
(1) Where an application is made for a licence, the applicant shall at the same time send a copy of the application to the Commissioner, and the Commissioner may cause an investigation to be carried out in respect of the application for the purpose of determining whether, in the opinion of the Commissioner, there are grounds for objecting to the application.
(2) For the purpose of carrying out an investigation under this section, the Commissioner may in writing require the applicant to produce for inspection such books, records or documents or to furnish such information relating to the application or any business carried on or intended to be carried on by it as the Commissioner may specify.
(3) In respect of an application for a licence, no step shall be taken by the Authority before—
(a) the date immediately following the end of a period of 60 days, or of such longer period as the Authority may specify in the particular case under subsection (7), after the day on which the application was made; or (Amended 25 of 2000 s. 13)
(b) the date on which the Commissioner notifies the Authority that any investigation carried out under this section in respect of the application has been completed,
whichever is the earlier (in this section referred to as the material date