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10 ORDINANCE No. 3 OF 1844 .


Registration of deeds wills &c.

defraud or any indorsement made thereon or any entry or registry thereof in any book
injure
punishable in the said office, with intent to defraud or injure any person or persons ,
with 7 or 14
years trans such Land Officer clerk or person so offending shall be guilty of felony , and
portation.
being thereof duly convicted shall be liable to be transported beyond seas
for any term not less than seven years and not exceeding fourteen years.

Correction to 13. And be it enacted that all corrections by erasure interlineation
be verified by
signature of or otherwise in any memorial of the registry of any document required
Land Officer.
to be registered by this Ordinance shall be noted and set forth at length
in red ink in the margin of the memorial wherein they may be made
together with the reasons for making the same and shall be attested and
verified by the signature of the Land Officer for the time being.
Fees to be 14. And be it further enacted that the several fees or sums of money,
taken by the
Land Officer. mentioned in the list numbered 2 in the said schedule ( and no higher or

other fees ) shall be demanded and paid by and to the said Land Officer for
and in respect of the several matters and things to be by him performed
and done under or by virtue of this Ordinance, and the said Land Officer

is hereby required to keep an accurate account of such fees and to pay
over the same to the Colonial Treasurer for the public purposes of the
Colony of Hongkong.

Schedule referred to by this Ordinance.
No. 1 .
1. Date of will or instrument .
2. Nature and object thereof.
3. Names and additions of the parties or devisors or devisees .
4. Names and additions of the witnesses thereto.
5. Description of the land or premises conveyed in or affected
by the deed or will.
6. Name and description of the place where situate.
7. Consideration and to whom and how paid.
8. Any other particulars the case may require.
No. 2.
1. For registering every assignment mortgage or other 5 dollars .
alienation....
2. For registering every will or judgment or receiv 1 dollar .
ing any verified certificate .......
3. For receiving for safe custody any deed will or 5 dollars .
other instrument........ }
4. For every search .......... 1 dollar.
5. For certificate of receipt of any document or
certifying a copy thereof and every other 5 dollars .
certificate
6. For every uncertified copy of any will deed memo 25 cents .
rial or other instrument per folio of 80 words f