### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

21. Eviction of trespassers
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who is a trespasser in an estate shall leave the estate when ordered to do so by an authorized officer.
(2) A person, upon whom a notice to quit has been served under section 19(1)(b) and who has appealed against the notice under section 20, shall not be deemed to be a trespasser until his appeal has been determined.
(3) Any trespasser ordered to leave an estate who does not, within a reasonable time, obey such order may be evicted from the estate by an authorized officer who may use such force as may be reasonably necessary to evict such trespasser and, for that purpose, may request the assistance of a police officer or any other authorized officer.

22. Inspection of premises
An authorized officer may, at any time and in pursuance of his duties, enter and inspect—
(a) any land in an estate; or
(b) any land sold by the Authority or in respect of which the Authority has nominated a purchaser and which land is subject to any restriction against alienation, conveyance or parting with possession.
(Replaced 15 of 1982 s. 9)

23. Emergency closure of premises
(1) If, in the opinion of the Authority, any building—
(a) on land vested in or under the control and management of the Authority under section 5, 37 or 38; or
(b) on land which is vested in the Authority and no part of which has been sold or otherwise disposed of under section 17A,
or any part of such building, is or is likely to become dangerous by reason of fire, wind, rain or any other cause, the Authority may by order declare the building to be dangerous. (Amended 33 of 1978 s. 6; 16 of 1993 s. 9)
(2) On the making of an order under subsection (1) every lease of the building or part thereof shall terminate forthwith.
(3) Where an order has been made under subsection (1)—
(a) every person in the building or part thereof shall quit forthwith the same when required to do so by an authorized officer; and
(b) any authorized officer may evict any person who fails to quit forthwith the building or part thereof when required to do so by an authorized officer.
(4) In the exercise of his powers under subsection (3) an authorized officer, with such assistance from police officers as he considers necessary, may use such force as is reasonably necessary to evict any person who fails to quit the building or part thereof when required to do so by an authorized officer.

### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

25. Power to obtain information
(1) The Authority and any authorized officer may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, serve on the owner or occupier of any land, whether or not in an estate, a requisition in the specified form requiring him to furnish to the Authority or the authorized officer, within the time stated in the form, the particulars specified in the requisition. (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 10)
(2) The Authority and an authorized officer may, for the purposes of this Ordinance, give notice in writing to the owner or occupier of any land, whether or not in an estate, requiring him to attend at a time and place stated in the notice and be examined concerning the occupation of the land. (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 10)
(3) The Authority and an authorized officer may require a person holding a lease to produce it at such time and place as the Authority or authorized officer may specify.
(4) Without prejudice to the general power mentioned in subsection (1), the Authority and any authorized officer may at any time serve on a tenant of any land in an estate a requisition in the specified form requiring him to furnish to the Authority or the authorized officer, within the time stated in the form, the particulars specified in the requisition regarding his total household income or his total household income and assets. (Added 24 of 1998 s. 6)
(5) For the avoidance of doubt, the Authority shall be deemed always to have had the power conferred on it by subsection (4). (Added 24 of 1998 s. 6. Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)

### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

25A. Restricted roads
(1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Commissioner for Transport and the Director of Highways, designate in the prescribed manner any road or length of a road to be a restricted road. (Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 127 of 1986)
(2) The Authority may restrict the entry to, or the parking of vehicles on, a restricted road to vehicles owned or used by—
(a) the Authority or the Government;
(b) the tenants of premises abutting on the restricted road;
(c) bona fide visitors of such tenants; and
(d) other persons permitted by the Authority.
(3) Entry to a restricted road may be refused by the Authority to a vehicle owned or used by any person specified in subsection (2)(b), (c) or (d) if no parking place is available on the restricted road for the parking of the vehicle or temporarily for any other reason.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to the rolling stock of the North-west Railway as defined in the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372). (Added 56 of 1986 s. 24)
(Added 19 of 1978 s. 4)

### Housing Ordinance 《房屋條例》

25B. Removal, etc., of vehicles
(1) For the purposes of this section and section 25C, vehicle (車輛) includes any load carried by a vehicle. (Amended E.R. 6 of 2019)
(2) The Authority or an authorized officer may impound or remove any vehicle which is—
(a) on a restricted road in contravention of a restriction imposed under section 25A(2) or a refusal of entry imposed under section 25A(3);
(b) parked, or permitted to remain at rest, for whatever reason in any place on a restricted road other than in a parking place;
(c) parked, or permitted to remain at rest, for whatever reason on a pavement, road verge or hard shoulder of a restricted road or on a centre reservation or traffic island on a restricted road;
(d) parked in a parking place unless such parking is authorized by the Authority or an authorized officer; or (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 11)
(e) parked in a car park unless such parking is authorized by the Authority or an authorized officer. (Amended 15 of 1982 s. 11)
(3) The power of impounding or removing a vehicle under subsection (2) shall be exercised only when—
(a) the vehicle is unattended and the driver cannot be located; or
(b) the driver is unable to remove the vehicle, or refuses or fails to remove the vehicle, on being requested to do so by the Authority or an authorized officer.
(4) Subject to section 25C, any vehicle impounded or removed under this section may be detained by the Authority until there is paid to the Authority such impounding or removal charge and storage charge as may be prescribed and any parking fee incurred in respect of the vehicle prior to its impounding or removal.
(Added 19 of 1978 s. 4)