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228 PDFTitle:SUMMARY OFFENCES ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:31Heading:Liability of occupier in the case of certain offencesVersion Date:30/06/1997

Where any offence under section 4(1) or (14) or 4A is committed at, on or from any premises, the person in actual occupation of such premises shall be liable to the same penalty as the actual offender, unless the actual offender shall first have been prosecuted to conviction: (Amended 25 of 1965 s. 4)
Provided that if a dwelling house is let out in flats nothing in this section shall have the effect of imposing liability on any person other than the occupier of the flat at, on or from which the offence was committed.