### Building Management Ordinance 《建築物管理條例》

23. Liability of occupier to pay contributions to funds
(1) If any amount payable under section 22 by an owner who is not occupying a flat in the building concerned remains unpaid for a period of one month after it has become due to the corporation, the corporation may, without prejudice to any right of action against the owner, by notice in writing addressed to the occupier of the flat and served upon him either personally or by registered post, demand such amount from the occupier, who shall, subject to subsection (2), thereupon be liable to pay the same to the corporation.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the liability of the occupier of a flat to pay an amount demanded from him under subsection (1) shall extend only to such amount of rent or other charge (exclusive of rates) as is due at the time of service on him of the demand, or falls due subsequently from him, in respect of his occupation of the flat.
(3) In any proceedings by a corporation to recover an amount payable under subsection (1), it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the amount claimed does not exceed the amount of rent or other charge (exclusive of rates) due from the occupier at the time of commencement of such proceedings.
(4) If an occupier of a flat has paid an amount in accordance with this section—
(a) that amount may, subject to the terms on which he occupies the flat, be deducted by him from the rent or other charge due in respect of his occupation of the flat; and
(b) any person, not being the owner, to whom such rent or other charge has been paid subject to such deduction, may in like manner as the occupier deduct such amount from the rent or other charge due from him in respect of the flat.
(5) Any deduction by an occupier or other person under subsection (4) shall operate as a discharge, to the extent of the amount so deducted, of his liability for the rent or other charge.

24. Distress for contributions
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, Part III of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7) shall apply to an amount payable under section 22 or 23 as if the amount were rent payable to the corporation as landlord of the owner’s flat.
(2) A corporation may name as the defendant in any distress under this section “the person in occupation of” (佔用人) a flat, without specifying in the application or in the warrant the name of any person in occupation of the flat.

### Building Management Ordinance 《建築物管理條例》

25. Registered mortgagee may pay contribution and recover same from the owner
If an owner fails to pay any amount payable under section 22 within one month of the same becoming due and a registered mortgagee of the flat in respect of which the owner is in default has paid such amount on the owner’s behalf, such payment shall be recoverable by the registered mortgagee from the owner as if the amount of such payment formed part of the principal sum due under the registered mortgage of the flat.

26. Management committee to certify matters relating to payment of contributions
A management committee shall, on the application of an owner, a registered mortgagee, an occupier, such other person as is referred to in section 23(4)(b) or a person authorized in writing in that behalf by such owner, registered mortgagee, occupier or other person, certify— (Amended 27 of 1993 s. 42)
(a) the amount payable in accordance with section 22 by the owner;
(b) the extent to which such sum has been paid; and
(c) the name of the person by whom and the person on whose behalf such payment was made.

26A. Management committee to display information about legal proceedings
A management committee shall notify the owners of any legal proceedings to which the corporation is a party—
(a) in the case of proceedings against the corporation, by displaying a notice containing the particulars of the proceedings in a prominent place in the building within 7 days of receiving any court documents commencing the proceedings, and causing the notice to remain so displayed for at least 7 consecutive days;
(b) in the case of proceedings by the corporation, by displaying a notice containing the particulars of the proceedings in a prominent place in the building within 7 days of issuing any court documents commencing the proceedings, and causing the notice to remain so displayed for at least 7 consecutive days.
(Added 5 of 2007 s. 17)

### Building Management Ordinance 《建築物管理條例》

28. Matters regarding insurance
(Amended 5 of 2007 s. 37)(1) A corporation shall procure and keep in force in relation to the common parts of the building and the property of the corporation, such policy of insurance with an insurance company in respect of third party risks as complies with any requirement prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(2) In the event of a contravention of subsection (1), every member of the management committee shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 unless he proves—
(a) that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance; and
(b) that he exercised all such due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised in the circumstances.
(3) A corporation may insure and keep insured with an insurance company the common parts of the building and the property of the corporation to the reinstatement value thereof against fire and other risks.
(4) Where a corporation has effected any policy of insurance with an insurance company by virtue of this section the management committee shall permit the Authority, an authorized officer, the tenants’ representative, an occupier, an owner, a registered mortgagee or any person duly authorized in writing in that behalf by an occupier, an owner or registered mortgagee, to inspect the policy of insurance and any receipt for the premium in respect thereof at any reasonable time.
(5) Where any person (other than the Authority or an authorized officer) referred to in subsection (4) requests the corporation to supply him with copies of the policy of insurance and any receipt for the premium in respect of that policy, the treasurer of the management committee shall, on the payment of such reasonable copying charge as the management committee may determine, supply such copies to that person.
(6) The treasurer of the management committee shall, if requested by the Authority or an authorized officer and without raising any charge, supply the copies referred to in subsection (5) to the Authority or that officer.
(6A) The secretary of the management committee shall, within 28 days after the corporation has effected a policy of insurance under subsection (1), give notice of the name and address of the insurance company and the period covered by the policy of insurance to the Land Registrar in such form as the Land Registrar may specify. (Added 5 of 2007 s. 37)
(7)  In this section and in section 41, insurance company (保險公司)—
(a) means an insurer authorized under section 8 of the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41) (Cap. 41

29. Management committee to perform duties and exercise powers of corporation
Subject to this Ordinance, the powers and duties conferred or imposed by this Ordinance on a corporation shall be exercised and performed on behalf of the corporation by the management committee.