CAP. 125]
Appeals and revisions.
Fees and costs of survey.
Schedule.
(Cap. 5.)
Application.
(Cap. 97.)
Crown Rents (Apportionment).
11. (1) Any person who is aggrieved by a determination of the Land Officer made under this Ordinance may appeal to the Governor in Council within one month from the date of the notification of the determination in the Gazette and the Land Officer may at any time apply to the Governor in Council for the revision of a determination, and the Governor in Council may make any such order thereon as he shall think fit including an order as to the payment of the fees for any survey required for the purposes of the appeal or revision.
(2) An order made by the Governor in Council under the provisions of this section shall be final and conclusive and the Land Officer shall register against the property affected such amended determination as may be required to give effect to such order and shall publish in the Gazette notice of such amended determination.
(3) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Land Office to make a determination under this Ordinance, may appeal to the Governor in Council within one month from the date of such refusal, and the Governor in Council may disallow such appeal, or direct the Land Officer to proceed with such determination. The decision of the Governor in Council shall be final and conclusive.
12. (1) The fees mentioned in the Schedule shall be paid for and in respect of the several matters therein stated. Such fees shall be paid by means of stamps which shall be duly cancelled by the Land Officer.
(2) The provisions of section 10 of the Supreme Court (Summary Jurisdiction) Ordinance, shall apply to the recovery of fees payable under this Ordinance and the certificate required by such provisions shall be signed only by the Land Officer.
13. This Ordinance shall not apply to lots, areas or districts situated in the New Territories except such lots, areas or districts as have been or shall be—
(a) exempt from the provisions of Part II of the New Territories Ordinance under section 7 thereof; or
(b) specified by proclamation of the Governor, and from such dates as shall be so specified.
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