### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

30. Authority may make bylaws
(1) The Authority may make bylaws to provide for—
(a) the management and control of its estates;
(b) the sanitation and cleansing of its estates;
(c) the health of persons living in its estates;
(d) the selection of persons to whom leases may be granted;
(e) the manner in which applications for leases of premises in its estates may be made;
(f) the preservation of good order and the prevention of abuses and nuisances in its estates;
(fa) the management and control of common parts; (Added 33 of 1978 s. 10)
(g) the control of the use of vehicles within its estates;
(ga) the control of access by vehicles to, and the regulation of parking of vehicles on, restricted roads; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5)
(gb) the control of the user of car parks and parking places and other matters relating thereto; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5)
(gc) the erection, with the approval of the Commissioner for Transport and the Director of Highways, of road barriers and signs on restricted roads; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5. Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 127 of 1986)
(gd) the impounding and removal of vehicles, the storage of such vehicles, and prescribing charges therefor; (Added 19 of 1978 s. 5)
(ge) the ascertaining of the names and addresses of the registered owners and drivers of vehicles using restricted roads, car parks and parking places; (Added 15 of 1982 s. 18)
(h) the eviction of trespassers from its estates;
(i) the better carrying out of this Ordinance.
(2) Bylaws made by the Authority shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
(3) Bylaws made by the Authority may provide for a fixed penalty to be payable for contravention of bylaws made under subsection (1)(g) or (ga) and for the recovery of such fixed penalty. (Added 16 of 1993 s. 15)

31. No claim to lie against the Authority or the Government
Neither the Government, nor the Authority or any authorized officer, shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person in consequence of anything done under section 24.

### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

32. Certain parts of estates to be public places
Any land in an estate (other than land leased under section 16 or land which has been sold or otherwise disposed of under section 17A) vested in or under the control and management of the Authority shall be deemed to be a public place for the purposes of the Summary Offences Ordinance (Cap. 228) and the Public Order Ordinance (Cap. 245).
(Amended 33 of 1978 s. 11)

33. Power to specify forms
(1) The Authority may specify the forms to be used under this Ordinance.
(2) The Authority may publish in the Gazette any form specified by it under subsection (1).

34. Exemptions
(1) The Authority shall, for the purpose of this Ordinance, be exempt from the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Cap. 112).
(2) Property vested in or placed under the control and management of the Authority for the purposes of this Ordinance shall be exempt from Part I of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7). (Amended 16 of 1993 s. 16)

35. Dispute as to English or Chinese version of lease, etc.
If any dispute arises in respect of any difference between the English version and the Chinese version of any lease, assignment, agreement, deed of mutual covenant, letter, notice or other document required, granted, issued or made by, under or for the purposes of this Ordinance, the English version shall prevail.
(Amended 33 of 1978 s. 12)

36. Savings
(1) Any lease, tenancy, permit or licence granted under the repealed Housing Ordinance (Cap. 283, 1964 Ed.) or the repealed Resettlement Ordinance (Cap. 304, 1971 Ed.) and in force at the commencement* of this Ordinance shall continue in force and have effect upon the same terms, covenants and conditions as if it were a lease.
(2) Any document referring to the repealed Resettlement Ordinance (Cap. 304, 1971 Ed.) shall, so far as may be necessary for preserving its effect, be construed as referring to or as including a reference to this Ordinance.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 April 1973.

### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

37. Vesting of property
(1) All the immovable property vested in the former Authority at the commencement* of this Ordinance shall at that date be vested in the Authority by virtue of this Ordinance for the residue of the term of years created by the respective Government leases, subject to the covenants, conditions, stipulations, exceptions, reservations, provisos and powers contained in and reserved by the said Government leases. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)
(2) Any other property, right and privilege vested in the former Authority at the commencement of this Ordinance shall at that date be vested in the Authority by virtue of this Ordinance on the terms and conditions, if any, on which the same was vested at that date, and the Authority shall be subject to the obligations and liabilities to which the former Authority was subject at the commencement of this Ordinance.
(3) All rights, obligations and liabilities which immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance were vested in or imposed on the Commissioner for Housing shall, at the commencement of this Ordinance, be deemed to be the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Authority.
(4) In this section, former Authority (前屋宇建設委員會) means the Hong Kong Housing Authority established by the repealed Housing Ordinance (Cap. 283, 1964 Ed.).

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 1 April 1973.

### Housing (Traffic) By-laws 《房屋(交通)附例》

1. Citation
These by-laws may be cited as the Housing (Traffic) By-laws.