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L. S. NO. 2 TO GAZETTE NO. 19/2003 '''36. Revival of closure order'''

(1) If a closure order has been suspended under section 35, a scheduled member not below the rank of Assistant Divisional Officer may apply in writing to the magistrate making the suspension order for the closure order to be revived on the basis that there is a breach of a condition attached to the suspension order.

(2) On receipt of an application made under subsection (1), the magistrate shall—
 * (a) appoint a date for the hearing of the application; and
 * (b) issue a summons to the occupier of the premises, the immediate landlord of the occupier, and any person liable to be penalized in the event of a breach of a condition attached to the suspension order, requiring them to appear before the magistrate on the hearing of the application.

(3) An application made under this section is, for the purposes of section 8 of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227), a complaint, and—
 * (a) if the place of abode of the immediate landlord of the occupier of the premises is not known, a summons to the immediate landlord may be served by leaving it with any person at the premises; and
 * (b) if the identity of the immediate landlord is not known, a summons may be issued to the immediate landlord by reference to that status, without naming the immediate landlord.

(4) After hearing of an application made under subsection (1), the magistrate may, if satisfied that a condition attached to the suspension order has been breached, take any or all of the following action—
 * (a) make an order reviving the closure order;
 * (b) make such modifications to the closure order as considered necessary by the magistrate.

(5) The magistrate making an order under subsection (4) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, cause a copy of the order signed by the magistrate to be sent to the Director.

(6) On receipt of the copy of the order under subsection (5), the Director shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, cause it to be registered in the Land Registry.

(7) If the magistrate makes an order under subsection (4), the period during which the closure order was suspended shall not count as part of the period for which the closure order is in force.