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Addidoo

of new section 3D.

Amendment

of section .

Amendment

(2) Any District Officer, appointed by the Governor to administer or entrusted by the District Commissioner with the administration of any particular district of the New Territories, may be styled and referred to as the District Officer for such district.""

(a) by the insertion of a new section 31 as follows-

**Valid don

effected clic- where than at the

appropriate office.

3B. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16 of registration and section 17 of this Ordinance, prior to the repeal and replacement of these sections effected by the New Territories (Administration) Ordinance, 1948, the regialration of any deed, will, or other iaštrument, or any judgment, order or lis pendens, in respect of or affecting land, shall be deemed to have been validly effected if effected at any place approved for such purpose by the District Commissioner or a District Officer."

(d) by the substitution in the third line of section 8 of the words one thousand dollars" for the words one hundred Jailors;

(e) by the substitution of the words District Commis- of section 15. Bioner" for the words "District Ofcer" in the fifth line of

sub-section (2) of section 15;

(f) by the substitution of the following section for sectiou 16:-

Substitution

of section 15,

"Interpret-

Subacinution

doo at "Land OfficeTM* and "Distin

Office" La other Ordia - arces and interpreta- 1 chin

Ordinance of Appropriate Fitories Land Office**

New Ter-

16. (1) Where in any Ordinance the expression **Land Office

**District Land Office OF

is used it shall include such places as the Governor in Covacil may by order from time to time approve as a New Territories Laud Office. Save in an fip DA Guy and order shall otherwise provide each of the following shall, a from the commencement of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been approved as a New Territories Land Office by order of the Governor in Council duly made under this sub-section, namely, the respective offices now known and used as the District Land Office, Kowloon, the District Land Office, Tai Po and the District Land Office, Ping Shan.

(2) Appropriate New Territories Land Office means in relation to any particular land such place approved under the preceding sub-section in which the register of deeds containing the last entry in respect of such land shall for the time being he kept, or, if there is no register of deeds, the place where the last memorial affecting such land is for the time being kept."';

(a) by the substitution of the following section for

of section 17. aeation 17:

**Preparation,

receipt and

Irgistration

17.

A memorial of any deed, will or other instrument, or any judgment, order or lis pendens, în of memorial, respect of or affecting land, may be prepared and shall

be received at such places in addition to a New Territories Land Office as the District Commissioner shall approve: Provided that the registration of any Buch memorial shall be deemed to have been affected on the date and at the time that an acknowledgment of the receipt thereof shall be endorsed thereon at the Appropriate Now Territories Land Office.";

(A) by the substitution in section 20 of

(i) the words ** axceeds one thousand, or if the

total claim exceeds three thousand dollars for the worda exceeds five hundred dollars, or if the total claim exceede one thousand five hundred dollars" in paragraph (b) of the províno to sub-section (1):

(ii) the words "ten thousand dollars "' for the worde "five thousand dollars "in the thin! and fourth lines of paragraph (d) of the proviso to sub-section (1); and

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(iii) the words one thousand dollars ** for the five hundred dollars" in the fourth line of paragraph (4) of the proviso to sub-section (1).;

words

(4) by the substitution is section 58 of—

(i) the words one thousand dollara "' for the words two hundred dollara ** in the seventh line; and

words **

(ii) the words "five thousand dollars" for the one thousand dollara in the last line of the first provinc.;

1.

Amendment of section 10.

Amendment of vection 58.

(7) by the substitution in sections 59, 00, 81 and 66 of Amendment

for the worda "two hundred of sections 59 one thousand dollare ** wherever the same appear.

65.

the words dollars

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60, 6c and

Sub-section (4) of section 2 of the Lands (Ping Shan) Araeodmen Re-vesting Ordinance, 1948, is hereby amended by the substitution of Ordinance of the words "District Commissioner " for the words "District No. 30 of

1948. Officer, New Territories "*.

The Public Officers (Chunges of Style) Ordinance, 1937, Arcadment is hereby amended by the insertion of the following as section 2A thereof >

**Laterpreti- tion of expressions **District Officer" and **Assistant

Officer".

2A. (1) Wherever in any Ordinance, order of the Governor in Council, appointment, rule, regulution, minute, by-law, deed, contract, official letter or other document, coming into operation or executed before the commencement of the New Territories (Admiuia- tration) Ordinance, 1948, the expression District Officer "

or "District Officer, New Territories OT **District Officer, North ** ОТ ** District Officer, South

appears, the same shall be read and construed us if reference had been made to "District Commis- District sjoner ": Provided that the expression

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of Ordinance No. 25 of 1937.