| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For registering every Will, Probate, Letters of Administration, Judgment, Decree, Prohibitory Order, or other Order of Court, or receiving any verified Certificate | $3.00 |
| For registering a Lis Pendens | $3.00 |
| For entering a discharge of a Lis Pendens | $6.00 |
| For a certificate of such entry of discharge | $3.00 |
| For receiving for safe custody any Deed, Will, or other Instrument | $15.00 |
| For every Search | $1.00 |
| For Certificate of receipt of any document, or certifying a copy thereof, and for every other Certificate | $15.00 |
| For every uncertified copy of any Will, Deed, Memorial, or other instrument, per folio of 72 words | $0.75 |
| For registering Memorial of a Writ of Foreign Attachment | $3.00 |
| For filing a Certificate that a Writ of Foreign Attachment is dissolved, or that the Judgment in the action is satisfied | $2.00 |
Authority: Ordinance I of 1844 and Govt. Notification No. 641 of 1903.
| No. | Description | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Registration of a Conveyance on Sale, to be charged on the amount or value of the consideration money, such consideration money to include any sum payable by the purchaser in respect of any mortgage or other debt remaining upon the property purchased or released by such purchaser to the Vendor. | 10 cents for every $10 or part thereof up to $50. Above $50, 50 cents for every $100 or part thereof. |
| 2 | For the Registration of a Lease or Agreement for a Lease, to be charged on the amount of annual rent reserved. | 50 cents for every $100 or part thereof. |
| 3 | For the Registration of a Lease executed in pursuance of duly stamped agreement for the same. | The same fee as on the Agreement but not exceeding $1. The same fee is payable on the Lease or Agreement itself under article 2. |
| 4 | For the Registration of a Surrender of a Lease or cancellation of an Agreement for a Lease. | 10 cents for every $100 or part thereof. |
| 5 | For the Registration of a Mortgage or Agreement for a Mortgage whether the primary or collateral Security and for every deed or document extending the time of any mortgage and for every transfer of any mortgage, to be calculated upon the principal amount secured. | 14 cents for every $500 or part thereof. |
| 6 | For the Registration of a Reassignment or redemption of any mortgage to be calculated upon the principal amount secured by or under any such mortgage. | $1 for the first lot and 10 cents for each additional lot or portion of a lot after the first, with a maximum fee of $2. |
| 7 | For the Registration of a Conveyance when no money consideration or merely nominal consideration passes. | 10 cents. |
| 8 | Provided that where such conveyance is made for the purpose of effecting a partition of land held by two or more persons conjointly the Land Officer shall have power to remit the fee payable or such portion thereof as he may think fit. | (Proviso) |
| 9 | For the Registration of a Power of Attorney. | $1 for the first lot and 10 cents for every additional lot or portion of a lot. |
| 10 | For the Registration of any Order or Judgment issued under the Seal of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, Probate, Letters of Administration in respect of any land upon which Stamp or Probate Duty has been paid, Certificate of Satisfaction, and all other documents not herein provided for. | 25 cents. |
| 11 | For every uncertified copy of any Instrument of record per folio of 72 words. | ... |
| 12 | For every certified copy of any Instrument of record not exceeding 3 folios of 72 words each. For each additional folio. | $1.00 for first 3 folios; 30 cents per additional folio. |
Authority: Government Notification No. 21 of 1917.
Fees on Certificate granted under Regulation 1 and Application for Certificate under Regulation 2 of the Regulations contained in the 4th Schedule to Ordinance 30 of 1915:
| Description | Stamp Duty |
|---|---|
| For every Certificate | $1.00 |
| For every Application for Certificate | $1.00 |
Authority: Ordinance 30 of 1915.
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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
BALDS
lbs RegistrATIÓN,—Continued.
Act of Colonial Legislature
or other Authority under which levied,
For registering every Will. Probate, Letters of Administration, Judgment,
Decree, Prohibitory Onder, or other Onder of Court, or receiving any verified Certificare,
For registering a Lis Pendens,
For entering a discharge of a Lis Pendrus,
$3.00
3.00
6.00
For a certificate of such entry of discharge,
3.00
Onlinauce I of
1844
For receiving for safe custody any Deed. Will, or other Instrument,
15.00
xind Govt. Notificatio
For every Search........................
1.00
No. 641 of 1903.
+
For Certificate of receipt of any doenment, or certifying a copy thereof,
sud for every other Certificate,
15.00
For every uncertified copy of my Will, Doed, Memorial, or other fustrument,
per folio of 72 words,
0.75
For registering Memorial of a Writ of Foreign Attachment,
3.00
For filing a Certificate that a Writ of Foreign Attnehmont is dissolved, or
that the Judgment in the setion is satisfied,
2.00
NEW TERRITORIES:—
of duly stamped agreement for the same,
cancellation of an Agreement for a Lease.
of any mortgage jo he enleulated upon the principal amount secured by or nuder any such mortgage. 7. For the Registration of a Conveyance when no money
consideration or merely nominal consideration passes, | Provided that where such conveyance is made for the purpose of effecting a partition of land held by two or more persons conjointly the Land Officer shall have power to remit the fee payable or such portion thereof as he may think lit.
record per folio of 72 words.
10 cents for every $10 de
part there if up to 850. ir above $50, 50 rents for every $100 or part thereof.
50 cents for every $100
or part thereof.
(20
The saur fee as on the.
Agreement ba exceeding $1, The same lee us is pay- alde on the Lense or Agreement itself au- der article 2.
10 cents for every $100
or part therent.
14 cents for every $500
or part thereof.
$1 for the last lot and TO routs for each ahli- tional lot or portion of a for after the first, with a maximum fer of x2.
10 cents.
$1 for the first lot and 10 rents for every abli- tional lot or portion of a lor.
25 cents.
Government Notification
No. 21 of 1917.
1
not exceeding 3 folios of 72 words ench.
For each additional folio.
} $1.
30 genre.
EMIGRATION OFFICER'S FEES :-
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Fees on Certificate granted under Regulation 1 and Application for Certi- ficate under Regulation 2 of the Regulations contained in the 4th Schetole to Ordinance 30 of 1915 :—
Ordinmure 30 of 1945
For every Cert ficate, a stamp duty of
$1.00
For every Application for Certificate, a stamp duty of
1.00
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