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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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Ordinance No. 3 of 1901.
Deletion, etc., of green ink entries by Land
Officer.
Saving.
apply;
(b) section 18 of the Code of Civil Procedure sha
(c) the Court shall give all necessary and con- sequential directions.
(3) In dealing with any proceedings under this section the Court shall have power to order that the Registrar should execute in lieu of any defendant, including a defendant who cannot be ascertained, within the meaning of the preceding sub-section, any deed which such defendant could be required to execute under this Ordinance.
(4) Every judgment of the Court in an action relating to any such dispute or difference shall be reduced into writing and shall forthwith be registered in the Land Office by the successful party in such action.
8. (1) The Land Officer may, and shall be deemed always to have had power to-
(a) delete any green ink entry which he is satisfied should not have been made;
(b) make any green ink entry which he is satisfied
should have been made; and
(c) vary or add to any such entry when he is satisfied that such variation or addition is necessary.
Any such deletion, variation or addition shall be attested and verified by the signature of the Land Officer.
(2) The Land Officer shall delete any green ink entry recording or evidencing the purported discharge of a debt which by reason of the Debtor and Creditor (Occupation Period) Ordin- ance, 1948, is deemed to have been wholly or partly undischarged or any green ink entry depending for its validity on the valid discharge of such a debt.
(3) Any person aggrieved on the ground that a green ink entry should not have been made or is incorrect or on the ground that the appropriate green ink entry has not been made or is no longer subsisting may apply for redress to the Court by summary petition verified upon oath and the Court may thereupon take such evidence as it thinks fit, and may make any order in relation to the matter which the justice of the case requires. copy of every such petition shall be delivered to the Land Officer as soon as may be after the issue thereof.
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9. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained in any action for specific performance founded on this Ordinance-
(1) It shall be a valid defence for a person, who has been required to assign or confirm in accordance with the provisions hereof to show that the Japanese assignment in respect of which
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