(2) Any person who commits an offence set out in the following table shall be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
Offence.
(1) Contravention of—
subsection (1) of section 9— (Necessity for consent to commence building works). subsection (1) of section 12— (Occupation of new building). subsection (2) of section 13— (Failure to grant means of access). subsection (5) of section 18— (Occupation of a building subject to a Closure Order). subsection (1) of section 21— (Projections). subsection (3) of section 22— (Obscuring or defacing street names or building numbers).
(2) Failure to comply with any order of a magistrate or of the Building Authority given under this Ordinance.
(3) Failure to give any notice required to be given under this Ordinance.
(4) The contravention of any condition of a permit issued by the Building Authority under section 29 (modifications and exemptions).
(5) The use by a building owner or an authorized architect or a registered contractor in any building works of any defective materials, workmanship or of any materials contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(6) Knowingly misrepresenting a material fact in any plan, certificate, form or notice given to the Building Authority under this Ordinance.
(7) The material divergence or deviation from work shown in any plan approved by the Building Authority under this Ordinance.
(8) The obstruction of the Building Authority or of any officer authorized by him in the execution of his powers under this Ordinance.
(9) The failure by an authorized architect or by a registered contractor to notify the Building Authority of the contravention of any regulation that would result from the carrying out of any work shown in a plan approved by the Building Authority:
Provided that in any prosecution for this offence it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove to the satisfaction of the court that he did not know of, nor could reasonably have discovered. such contravention.
(3) Any owner, agent, authorized architect, registered contractor, or any other person directly concerned with the building works, who permits an offence herein specified shall be guilty of such offence and liable to the penalty provided therefor.
(4) Where an offence under this Ordinance has been committed by a body corporate, a partnership or association of persons unincorporated, any person who at the time of the commission of