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(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2), the Registrar shall not specify under subsection (1) the form of any conveyancing document unless he has first consulted the Collector of Stamp Revenue appointed under section 3 of the Stamp Duty Ordinance (Cap. 117).

(4) A form specified under this section shall be—

(a) completed in accordance with such directions and instructions as are specified in the form;

(b) accompanied by such documents (including instruments, certificates, duplicates of the form and statutory declarations) as are specified in the form; and

(c) if the completed form is required to be provided to the Registrar or any other person, so provided in the manner, if any, specified in the form.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the Registrar’s power under subsection (1) may be exercised in such a way as to—

(a) include in the specified form of any document referred to in that subsection a statutory declaration—

(i) to be made by the person completing the form; and

(ii) as to whether the particulars contained in the form are true and correct to the best of that person’s knowledge and belief;

(b) specify 2 or more forms of any document referred to in that subsection, whether as alternatives, or to provide for particular circumstances or particular cases, as the Registrar thinks fit;

(c) require, to the extent practicable, the person completing the form to identify any entries in the Title Register to which the form relates which have ceased to have effect; and

(d) where registered land or a registered long term lease is the subject of a deed of mutual covenant, within the meaning of section 53, and is also the subject of a registered deed of mutual covenant within the meaning of that section, require an application for the registration of that first-mentioned deed to be accompanied by an application for the removal from the Title Register of the entry referring to that second-mentioned deed.

100. Regulations relating to fees and levies

(1) The Financial Secretary may by regulation prescribe the fees to be paid to the Registrar in respect of—

(a) any application for the registration of any matter (whether made pursuant to this Ordinance or any other enactment);