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Consequential Amendments

Specification of Public Offices

1. Schedule amended

The Schedule to the Specification of Public Offices (Cap. 1 sub. leg.) is amended—

(a) by repealing—

“Secretary for Home Affairs

New Territories Ordinance (Chapter 97), section 9(2), for the purposes of section 19.”;

(b) by adding—

“Land Registrar

Land Titles Ordinance (26 of 2004).”.

High Court Ordinance

2. Provisions supplementary to sections 20 and 20A

Section 20B of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by adding “and the Land Titles Ordinance (26 of 2004)” after “Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128)”;

(b) by adding—

“(6) In the case of a charging order registered under the Land Titles Ordinance (26 of 2004), if an order under subsection (4) discharging the charging order is made, the Land Registrar shall, on the presentation to him of an application for the purpose accompanied by an office copy of the order, remove from the Title Register kept under that Ordinance the entry referring to the order.”.

Rules of the High Court

3. Special rules as to the sale of immovable property

Order 47, rule 7(4)(b) of the Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4 sub. leg. A) is repealed and the following substituted—

“(b) In the case of immovable property which is registered under the Land Titles Ordinance (26 of 2004), such certificate shall be liable to the same stamp duty as an assignment of the same property and, when duly stamped, may support an application for registration under that Ordinance of the purchaser as the owner of the property.

(c) In the case of any other immovable property, such certificate shall be liable to the same stamp duty as an assignment of the same property and, when duly stamped, shall be taken and deemed to be a valid transfer of such right, title and interest and may be registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128).”.

4. Discharge, etc., of charging order

Order 50, rule 7(2) is amended by repealing “the lot number of the land and the memorial number of any relevant charge registered against the land.” and substituting—

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