1838
Registration
No. 34 of 1910. NEW TERRITORIES REGULATION.
26. The Land Officer shall, on judgment being given in respect of any land, forthwith enter a memorandum of such judgment in the land register. No fee shall be payable for such entry.
Registration of manager of "tong", etc.
Exemption of certain clans from the Companies Ordinance, 1911.
27. Whenever any land is held from the Crown under lease or other grant, agreement, or licence in the name of a clan, family or tong, such clan, family or tong shall appoint a manager to represent it. Every such appointment shall be reported at the appropriate office, and the Land Officer on receiving such proof as he may require of such appointment, shall, if he approves thereof, register the name of the said manager who shall, after giving such notices as may be prescribed, have full power to dispose of or in any way deal with the said land as if he were sole owner thereof, subject to the consent of the Land Officer, and shall be personally liable for the payment of all rents and charges and for the observance of all covenants and conditions in respect of the said land. Every instrument relating to land held by a clan, family or tong which is executed or signed by the registered manager thereof in the presence of the Land Officer and is attested by him, shall be as effectual for all purposes as if it had been executed or signed by all the members of the said clan, family or tong. The Land Officer may on good cause shown cancel the appointment of any manager and select and register a new manager in his place. If the members of any clan, family or tong holding land shall not within three months after the acquisition of the land make and prove the appointment of a manager, or within three months after any change of manager prove the appointment of a new manager, it shall be lawful for the Crown to re-enter upon the land held by such clan, family or tong, which shall thereupon become forfeited. Such re-entry shall be effected by the registration of a memorandum thereof in the appropriate office.
28. Any clan, family or tong owning land at the commencement of this Ordinance in respect of which a manager shall have been duly registered under this Ordinance, shall not, so long as such land is certified by the Land Officer as being used for agricultural, religious, educational, or charitable purposes, or such other uses of a similar nature as are recognised by established local custom, or for dwelling-houses
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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1838
Registration
No. 34 of 1910. NEW TERRITORIES REGULATION.
26. The Land Officer shall, on judgment being given in of judgment. respect of any land, forthwith enter a memorandum of such judgment in the land register. No fee shall be payable for such entry.
Registration of manager of " tong",
elc.
Exemption of certain
clans from the Com- panies
Ordinance, 1911.
27. Whenever any land is held from the Crown under lease or other grant, agreement, or licence in the name of a clan, family or long, such clan, family or long shall appoint a manager to represent it. Every such appointment shall be reported at the appropriate office, and the Land Officer on receiving such proof as he may require of such appoint- ment, shall, if he approves thereof, register the name of the said manager who shall, after giving such notices as may be prescribed, have full power to dispose of or in any way deal with the said land as if he were sole owner thereof, subject to the consent of the Land Officer, and shall be personally liable for the payment of all rents and charges and for the observance of all covenants and conditions in respect of the said land. Every instrument relating to land held by a clan, family or long which is executed or signed by the registered manager thereof in the presence of the Land Officer and is attested by him, shall be as effectual for all purposes as if it had been executed or signed by all the members of the said clan, family or t'ong. The Land Officer may on good cause shewn cancel the appointment of any manager and select and register a new manager in his place. If the members of any clan, family or l'ong holding land shall not within three months after the acquisition of the land make and prove the appointment of a manager, or within three months after any change of manager prove the appointment of a new manager, it shall be lawful for the Crown to re-enter upon the land held by such clan, family or t'ong, which shall thereupon become forfeited. Such re-entry shall be effected by the registration of a memo- randum thereof in the appropriate office.
28. Any clan, family or long owning land at the com- mencement of this Ordinance in respect of which a manager shall have been duly registered under this Ordinance, shall not, so long as such land is certified by the Land Officer as being used for agricultural, religions, educational, or chari- table purposes, or such other uses of a similar nature as are recognised by established local custom, or for dwelling-houses
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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