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Executor first named therein, or to such other Person as shall be
duly authorized to receive the same.
on
XII. And be it further enacted, That if the said Land Officer, or offer for Neglect of
Officer
any other Person employed in the said Land-Office, shall wilfully Duty.
neglect or omit to Number , Register, or Enter, in manner hereinbefore
directed , any Memorial or Certificate delivered into the said Office, he
shall for every such Offence forfeit and be liable to pay to Her
Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors, for the Public Purposes of the said
Colony, the Penalty or Sum of Five Hundred Dollars, and be further
liable in Damages to the Party injured to the Extent of the Loss or
Injury sustained : And if the said Land Officer, or any Clerk or Penalty for wilful
Person whatsoever, shall wilfully Destroy, Embezzle, or Secreté, or Alteration of any
Forge, Counterfeit, Raze, Deface, or Alter any Memorial, or any Part Registered Instrument.
thereof, or any Indorsement made thereon, or any Entry or Registry
thereof in any Book in the said Office, with Intent to Defraud or
injure any Person or Persons , such Land Officer , Clerk, or Person so
offending, shall be guilty of Felony, and being thereof duly convicted,
shall be liable to be Transported beyond Seas for any Term not less
than Seven Years, and not exceeding Fourteen Years.
XIII. And be it enacted, That all Corrections by Erasure, In- Correction to be ve-
rified by Signature of
terlineation, or otherwise, in any Memorial of the Registry of any Land Officer.
Document required to be registered by this Ordinance, shall be noted
and set forth at Length in Red Ink in the Margin of the Memorial
wherein they may be made, together with the Reasons for making the
same, and shall be attested and verified by the Signature of the Land
Officer for the Time being.
XIV. And be it further enacted, That the several Fees or Sums Fees to be taken by
Land Officer.
of Money mentioned in the List numbered (2) in the said Schedule
(and no higher or other Fees) shall be demanded and paid by and to
the said Land Officer for and in respect of the several Matters and
Things to be by him performed and done under or by virtue of this
Ordinance ; and the said Land Officer is hereby required to keep an
accurate Account of such Fees, and to pay over the same to the
Colonial Treasurer for the Public Purposes of the Colony of Hong-
kong.
HENRY POTTINGER,
Governor, &c. &c.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 28th day of February, 1844.
RICHARD BURGASS,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.
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