CO129-595-5 Validity of registration of land during Japanese occupation 1-1-1945 - 31-12-1946 — Page 20

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Short title.

Interpretation.

No.

of 1946.

An ordinance to give effect to voluntary transactions

affeating land during the Japanese Occupation.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the

advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,

as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the "Land Transac-

tions (Enery Occupation) Ordinance, 1946."

2.

In this Ordinance where the context permits

(a) "Japanese Occupation" means the period from

the 25th day of December, 1941, to the first day

of September, 1945.

(b) "Japanese House Registration Office" means the

Office in which during the Japanese Occupation were

kept Registers or records of houses and buildings

and documents in relation thereto.

(c) "Japanese Registers" means the Registers kept

by the Japanese House Registration Office and now

lodged in the Land Office in which were recorded

particulars of houses and buildings and transac-

tions in connection therewith.

(d) "Land Office Registers" means the volumes kept

in the Land Office at the Courts of Justice,

Victoria, wherein are entered, under headings

descriptive of the properties to which the same

relate, particulars of transactions and matters

affecting leased Crown Lands.

(e) "Green Ink Entries" means the entries made in

green ink in the Land Office Registers recording

particulars of transactions registered in the

Japanese Registers and identified in the Land

Office Registers by the initials of the Land

Officer.

(f) "Japanese assignment" means an instrument

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