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section 30.

Amendment of section 8.

Amendment of section 15.

Substimation

**Valid don

effected else. where than of the

(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 aud referred to as the District Officer for such district."

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(o) by the insertion of a new section 311 as follows—

3B. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 16 of registration nod section 17 of this Ordinance, prior to the repeul and replacement of these sections effacted by the New Territories (Administration), Ordinance, 1948, the registration of any deed, will, or other inštrument, 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."

appropriate office.

(d) by the substitution in the third line of section 5 of the words one thousand dollars" for the words ** one hundred dollars";

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(e) by the substitution of the words District Commis- Riuner" for the words **District Ofcer in the fifth line of mb-section (2) of section 15;

(f) by the substitution of the following section for

ot section 16. sectiou 16:-

Substitution

"Interpreti-

tion of "Land

*+

Office**

Office" in

other Ordino- arces and interpreta- 14:00 thin

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

**District Load Office

or

is used it shall include such places as the Governor in Council and "District may by order from time to time approve as a New Territories Laud Office. Save in so far os any aucb order shall otherwise provide each of the following sball, as 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.

Ordinance of "Appropriate New Ter-

ritories Land

Office"

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(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.";

(ơ) by the substitution of the following section for

of section 17. section 17:-

**Preparation,

receipt and

Irgistration

17.

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

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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 such memorial shall be deemed to have been effected 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.**;

(4) by the substitution in section 20 of-

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

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

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(ii) the words one thousand dollars ** for the worda five hundred dollars" is the fourth line of paragraph (2) of the proviso to sub-section (1).;

(4) by the substitution in section 58 of---

(i) the words one thousand dollars" for the words

**

two hundred dollara in the seventh line; and

words **

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

Amendment of section 20.

Amendment

of ection 58.

(7) by the substitution in sections 59, 00, 61 and 06 of Amendment the words " one thousand dollars ** for the worda "two hundred of sections 59

wherever the same appear.

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Go, &c and Gg.

Sub-section (4) of section 2 of the Lands (Ping Shan) Amendment Re-vesting Ordinance, 1948, is hereby amended by the substitution of Ordinance of the words ** District Commissioner " for the words "District 2.39 of

1948. Officer, New Territories "*.

The Public Officers (Changes of Style) Ordinance, 1937, Amendment is hereby amended by the insertion of the following as section 2A of Ordinance

No. 25 of thereof >

1937.

**Interpret

tion of expressions "District

Officer and

**Assinant

Officer".

2A. (1) Wherever in any Ordinance, order of the Governor in Council, appointment, rule, regulation, minute, by-law, dead, 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 "* "District Officer, North ** от **District Officer, South

appears, the ante shall be rend and construeii as if reference had been made to " District Commis- ri District sjoner ": Provided that the expression

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