Cap. 125 Art. 2Interpretation.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"building" means a house or other building, or part thereof, used or capable of use for residential purposes, and includes any land or garden forming an integral part, or enclosed within the precincts, of such a house or other building; but does not include a tenement falling within the definition of shop under article 2 of the Reletting of Urban Property (Regulation) Ordinance; "Director of Social Housing" or "Director" means the public officer appointed by the Prime Minister to be the Director of Social Housing for the purposes of this Act;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for housing: Provided that the Minister may, by writing under his hand, delegate all or any of his powers and duties under this Act to an officer of his Ministry, and, to the extent of such delegation, if made, any reference to the Minister in this Act shall include a reference to such officer; "requisition" means take possession of a building or require the building to be placed at the disposal of the requisitioning authority; "requisitionee" means the person or persons from whose possession a building has been requisitioned by the requisitioning authority.