CO129-424 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [9-10] — Page 271

Report on an ordinance intituled

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An Ordinance to amend the Land Registration Ordinance, 1844,

The main object of this Ordinance, which was intro-

duced at the instance of the President of the Hongkong Law Society, is to enable a defendant to register a judgment without having to obtain the plaintiff's signature to the memorial. Inconvenience is sometimes oaused through the

unwillingness of an unsuccessful plaintiff to assist a successful defendant in this respect,

Sections 3 and 4 correct a more or less formal defect

in the principal Ordinance by providing for the case of a

judgment by which no "sum" is"recovered".

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In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Governor may properly assent and in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf,

Attorney General.