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CAP. 128]

(Cap. 117.)

Fees.

Regulations.

(a) of or from--

Land Registration

[1986 Ed.

(i) any memorial or any deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing, or will or judgment, belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the Land Office, or any part thereof or endorsement thereon or any microfilm or other record thereof; or

(ii) any register, book, index, receipt, docket or other document belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the Land Office, or any part thereof or any microfilm or other record thereof; and

(b) signed and certified as a true copy, print or extract by the Land Officer or any person authorized by him in that behalf,

shall, subject to the Stamp Duty Ordinance, be admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof and, until the contrary is proved, the court shall presume that--

(A) the signature and certification to the document is that of the Land Officer or a person authorized by him in that behalf; and

(B) the document is a true and correct copy, print or extract. (2) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the admissibility of any evidence which would be admissible apart from the provisions of this section.

(Added, 56 of 1980, s. 9)

27. (1) The Governor in Council may by regulation prescribe the fees to be taken in the Land Office. (Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4; 9 of 1950, Schedule, and 37 of 1950, Schedule)

(2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the true con- sideration shall be stated in all documents registered in the Land Office. (Replaced, 28 of 1931, s. 2)

(3) Where the amount or value of the consideration money is not stated in any deed, assignment, mortgage or other instrument tendered for registration in the Land Office, or where no considera- tion money or merely nominal consideration money passes thereun- der, the value of the property, to which such deed, assignment, mortgage or other instrument relates, shall be determined by the Land Officer and the like fees shall be paid as if the value so determined were the amount or value of the consideration money. (Replaced, 28 of 1931, s. 2. Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4)

28. (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for all or any of the following matters-

(a) the manner in which entry and registration of memorials, deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and wills and judgments, and other documents in the Land