RMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
Subject
Succession to
Property in the New
Territories
Background
The New Territories
Ordinance (Cap 97) provides that 'the court shall have power to recognize and enforce
Chinese customs and
customary right" including
succession (along the male line only) in relation to
land in the New
Territories. There are
provisions in the New
Territories Ordinance
which enable landowners,
if they so wish, to seek
an exemption of land from application of that law or
to avoid the effect of
customary law by making a
will. However, as the
Ordinance now stands,
Line-to-take
The Government is well aware of the
concern expressed recently over succession rights in the New
Territories.
Active consideration
is being given to find legislative
means to remove doubts about existing
titles and the rights of succession. As for future land grants, except for village lots, the Administration has
already taken masures to ensure that
they are exempted from the
application of the New Territories
Ordinance.
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