Vesting of
land in New
Territorios in the
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and surrender of such land to the Crown, the Governor may direct a new Crown Lease for such land to be issued after due survey thereof has been made and the prescribed fees paid, and the Governor may thereupon exempt the said land from the provisions of this Ordinauce by a Memorandum in writing under his hand: Provided Always that in any case in which such application refers to land of such small value that, in the opinion of the Governor, it is undesirable to grant exemption the Governor may refuse to grant the same.
14. All land in the New Territories is hereby declared to be the property of the Crown, during the term specified in the Convention of the 9th day of June, 18:18, herein-
Crown and
before referred to, and all persons in ocupation of any Consequence such land after the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be trespassers as against the Crown, unless such occupation is authorised by grant from the Crown or by other title allowed under this Ordinance or by licence from the Governor or from some Government officer having authority to grant such licence..
thereof.
Land Regis try Office,
Assistant
15.-(1.) The Land Registry Office shall be the Depart- ment authorized to carry into excention the provisions of Part II of this Ordinance.
(2.) Where by any law, rule or regulation anything is Land Officer. required or appointed to be done by the Land Officer, the same may be lawfully done by any Assista Land Officer appointed by the Governor, and such Assistant Land Oficer shall have the same powers as are conferred upon the Land Officer by this Ordinance.
District
16. The Governor may from time to time by Orler-in- Land Offices. Council establish one or more District Land Ofees for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Ordin -nce, and may also from time to time by Order-in-Council define the Districts into which the New Territories shall be divided for the purposes of this Ordinance, and the place where the Office for each district (hereinafter calle i "the appropriate office") shall be situate: Provided that it shall he lawful for the Governor at any time by Order-in-Conneil to alter or vary such districts or the place of any such office as he may from time to time think expedicnt. Where in any Ordinance the term "Land Office" shall be used the same shall be deemed to include any District Land Office establishel under this Ordinance,
Bocuments to be regis tered in appropriate
District Office.
Fayment
of rent in
money
instead of in produce.
Redemption of perpetual
rent in produce or substitution of annual rent in
money.
17. The registration of any deed, will or other instrument, or any judgment, order, or Lis Pendeus, in respect of or affecting land shall be made at the appropriate office for the District in which such land is situate, and it shall not be lawful to register any such deed, will or other instrument, judgment, order, or Lis Pendens elsewhere than at the appropriate office. If an instrument, order, judgment, or Lis l'endens affects land in more than one District it shall be registered at the appropriate office of each such District..
18. In any case where hand in the New Territories is held under an agreement to pay rent in produce it shall be lawful for the tenant of such land to pay re it in money instead of such rent in produce, according to a rate which shall be fixed cach year by the Governor-in-Commeil to be published in the Gazette as the fair commutation of such produce.
19. In any case where land in the New Territories is held under an agreement to pay rent in produce in per- petuity it shall be lawful for the person who is liable to pay such rent either to pay an annual rent in money in- stead of in produce at a rate to be fixed in the manner provided by the lost preceding section or with the consent of the Land Officer to redeem his liability to pay such rent by paying to such person as the Land Officer may direct such capital sum of money as the Land Officer may under all the circumstances of the ease consider to be fair and reasonable.