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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 31,
No. 422.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
1935.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 34 of 1910. (NEW TERRITORIES REGULATION).
In exercise of the power conferred by section 54 of the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, the Governor in Council hereby amends the regulations set forth under the heading "Land Office Fees' on pages 408 and 409 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, as follows:-
Amendments.
(1) In item 5 of the scale of fees the words "or debenture" are inserted next after the words "agreement for a mortgage";
(2) In item 6 of the said scale the words "or agreement for a mortgage, or debenture" are inserted next after the word "mortgage" in the second and fourth lines;
(3) In item 9 of the said scale the words "or estate duty, in connexion with such order or document," are inserted next after the words "probate duty”; and
(4) The following proviso is inserted at foot of the said scale,-
Provided that when any document, to which any of items 1-6 of the foregoing scale is applicable, is tendered for registration in any District Land Office, and such document relates as well to property situate outside the New Territories, then and in any such case, and for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of the registration fee, regard shall be had only to the value of the property within the New Territories, as determined by the District Officer, and the amount of the fee payable shall accordingly be determined by him.
COUNCIL. CHAMBER,
20th May, 1935.
R. A. D. FORREST,
Clerk of Councils.