Chapter:	283	Title:	HOUSING ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	17B	Heading:	Void alienations, etc.	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Where-

(a) (i) land in an estate is sold under section 17A; or
(ii) land in respect of which the Authority is authorized to nominate purchasers is sold and the person selling the land acts without the written permission of the Authority; and
(b) the person to whom the land is sold purports to mortgage or otherwise charge the land or to assign or otherwise alienate it; and
(c) that person acts in breach of-
(i) any term or condition of the agreement for sale and purchase or any covenant in the deed of assignment relating to the land; or
(ii) in the case of such a mortgage or other charge, any term authorized under paragraph 4(a) of the Schedule as regards the mortgage or other charge,

(a) land described in subsection (1)(a)(ii) is sold with the written permission of the Authority; and
(b) (i) the person to whom the land is sold purports to mortgage or otherwise charge the land and has not the written permission of the Authority so to mortgage or otherwise charge; or
(ii) the mortgagee or the person in whose favour the charge is executed acts in breach of any of the terms on which the mortgage or other charge was authorized under paragraph 4 of the Schedule,

"10. Saver
For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that no provision of section 17B of the principal Ordinance which was in force immediately before the commencement of this Ordinance is to be construed as operating to invalidate a disposition by will or codicil.".