NEW TERRITORIES REGULATION. No. 34 of 1910.
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14. All land in the New Territories is hereby declared to be and to have been from the commencement of the New Territories (Land Court) Ordinance, 1900, the property of the Crown. Vesting of land in the Crown, and all persons in occupation of any such land after the commencement of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be trespassers as against the Crown, unless such occupation is authorised by grant from the Crown, or by other title allowed under this Ordinance, or by licence from the Governor or from some Government officer having authority to grant such licence.
15. (1) The Land Officer is hereby authorised to carry Land Officer. into execution the provisions of this Part.
(2) Where by any enactment anything is required or appointed to be done by the Land Officer, the same may be lawfully done by any Assistant Land Officer appointed by the Governor, who shall have the same powers as are conferred upon the Land Officer by this Ordinance.
16. The Governor in Council may by order establish one or more district land offices for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance, and may also define the districts into which the New Territories shall be divided for the purposes of this Ordinance, and the place where the office for each district (hereinafter called the appropriate office) shall be situate: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to alter or vary such districts or the place of any such office as he may think expedient. Where in any Ordinance "Land Office" is used it shall be deemed to include any district land office.
17. The registration of any deed, will, or other instrument, or any judgment, order, or lis pendens, in respect of or affecting land shall be made at the appropriate office for the district in which such land is situate and it shall not be lawful to register any such deed, will, or other instrument, judgment, order, or lis pendens, elsewhere than at the appropriate office. If an instrument, order, judgment, or lis pendens affects land in more than one district, it shall be registered at the appropriate office of each such district.
* The date of the commencement of the New Territories (Land Court) Ordinance, 1900, was 23rd July, 1900.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. For the Northern and Southern districts defined under this section see Hodgson's Regulations of Hongkong, 1914, pp. 781, 782.
NEW TERRITORIES REGULATION. No. 34 of 1910.
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15. (1) The Land Officer is hereby authorised to carry Land Ollicer. into execution the provisions of this Part.
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16. The Governor in Council may by order establish one District or more district land offices for the purposes of carrying out land offices. the provisions of this Ordinance, and may also define the districts into which the New Territories shall be divided for the purposes of this Ordinance, and the place where the office for each district (hereinafter called the appropriate office) shall be situate: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to alter or vary such districts or the place of any such office as he may think expedient. Where in any Ordinance "Land Office" is used it shall be deemed to include any district land office.
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17. The registration of any deed, will, or other instrument, Documents or any judgment, order, or lis pendens, in respect of or red in affecting land shall be made at the appropriate office for the appropriate district in which such land is situate and it shall not be district office. lawful to register any such deed, will, or other instrument, judgment, order, or lis pendens, elsewhere than at the appropriate office. If an instrument, order, judgment, or lis pendens affects land in more than one district, it shall be registered at the appropriate office of each such district.
* The date of the commencement of the New Territories (Land Court) Ordinance,
1900, was 23rd July, 1900.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
As amended by Law Rov. Ord., 1924. For the Northern and Southern districts defined under this section see Hodgson's Regulations of Hongkong, 1914, pp. 781, 782.
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