- (b) if the person referred to in paragraph (a) cannot readily be found or is absent from Hong Kong or is under disability, the agent of the person (if any); or
- (c) if the person is a body corporate, the chairman, president, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of the body.
Termination of tenancy and closure order
26. Termination of tenancy
(1) A magistrate may, on application—
- (a) by a person on whom a notice was served under section 25; or
- (b) in the case of a body corporate, by the body or by a person on behalf of the body,
make an order terminating the tenancy of the premises in respect of which a person has been convicted of an offence under section 19 or 20, and the tenancy shall terminate as from the date of the order for all purposes.
(2) A tenant under the tenancy so terminated and an occupier of the premises under the tenancy may be treated as trespassers on the termination of the tenancy.
(3) An order made under subsection (1) shall be sufficient authority for a member or police officer—
- (a) to enter the premises specified in the order;
- (b) to evict from the premises any person who may under subsection (2) be treated as a trespasser; and
- (c) to remove from the premises anything belonging to or in the possession of the person treated as a trespasser.
(4) A member or police officer may use such force as is reasonably necessary to exercise the power conferred by subsection (3).
(5) The powers under this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any powers conferred by or under any other law.
27. Closure order
(1) This section applies to offences under section 19 and 20. An offence to which this section applies is referred to in this section as a “relevant offence”.
(2) A magistrate may, either on application by the Director or on the magistrate’s own initiative, make a closure order in respect of any premises in relation to which a person is convicted of any relevant offence if the magistrate is satisfied—
