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Exemption from

taxation.

Ord. No. 61/84 CHINESE VISA OFFICE (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES)

(e) relating to any professional or commercial activity exercised by the officer of

the Visa Office in Hong Kong outside his official functions.

9.

An officer of the Visa Office shall be exempt from all taxes, personal or real,

Section

except-

CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY

Ord. No. 62/84

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CONVEYANCING AND PROPERTY ORDINANCE 1984

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Page

(a) subject to paragraph 10 of this Schedule, any indirect taxes of a kind which

are normally incorporated in the price of goods or services;

(b) subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule, any rates or taxes on private

immovable property situated in Hong Kong;

(c) any estate, succession or inheritance duties, and duties on transfers, levied

by Hong Kong;

(d) any taxes on private income, including capital gains, having its source in Hong Kong and any capital taxes relating to investments made in commer- cial or financial undertakings in Hong Kong;

(e) any charges levied for specific services rendered;

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1.

2.

Short title and commencement

Interpretation

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PART II

GENERAL RULES AFFECTING PROPERTY

3.

(f) subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule, registration, court or record fees,

mortgage dues and stamp duties.

Land contracts to be in writing.

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4.

Legal estate to be disposed of etc. by deed

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Goods exempt

from duties

and taxes.

Luggage exempt from search.

10. Goods imported into, exported from and purchased in Hong Kong, either by the Visa Office for official use or by an officer of the Visa Office for his private use, shall be exempt from duties and taxes.

11. Luggage of an officer of the Visa Office shall be exempt from inspection, except where there are serious grounds for believing that it contains an article the import or export of which is prohibited by the law of Hong Kong or controlled by the Hong Kong quarantine regulations, in which event any inspection shall be carried out only in the presence of that officer or a representative appointed by him.

5.

Certain instruments to be in writing.

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6.

Creation of interest in land by parol........

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7.

Savings in regard to sections 5 and 6.

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8.

Severance of joint tenancy.

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9.

Presumption in favour of tenancy in common..

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10.

Corporation may hold as joint tenant

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11.

Presumption of survivorship..

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12.

Application to court by vendor and purchaser.

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Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 25th day of July 1984.

13.

Proof of title and recitals.

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14.

Conversion of equitable interest to legal estate where right to Crown lease

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R. I. W. UPTON,

PART III

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

INSTRUMENTS

15.

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the

said bill.

Construction of words and expressions.....

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16.

What an assignment is deemed to include

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17.

Assignment passes whole estate..

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18.

Receipt in body of an instrument

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R. I. W. UPTON,

19.

Execution of deed by individual

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Clerk to the Legislative Council.

20.

Execution of deed by corporation

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21.

Rights as to execution

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22.

Presumption as to capacity.

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23.

Presumption as to due execution.

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24.

Reservation of rights

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25.

Agreements, assignments etc. by person with or to himself..

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26.

Benefits to non-parties....

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27.

Description of deeds..

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28.

Supplemental instruments

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