Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Immunity

not yet in operation

(1) No person to whom this subsection applies, acting in good faith, shall be
personally liable in damages for any act done or default made in the
performance or purported performance of any function, or the exercise or
purported exercise of any power, under this Ordinance.

(2) The Government shall not be liable in damages for either—

   (a)  any act or default referred to in subsection (1); or

   (b)  any other act done or default made—

        (i)    by a person, to whom that subsection applies, not acting in
               good faith; and

        (ii)   in the performance or purported performance of any function, or
               the exercise or purported exercise of any power, under this
               Ordinance, unless that act or default gives rise to an
               indemnity under Part 12 and, in any such case, the liability
               shall not exceed the amount of the indemnity provided under
               that Part in respect of that act or default.

(3) The persons to whom subsection (1) applies are—

   (a)  the Registrar (including a delegate of the Registrar under
        section 10); and

   (b)  any public officer assisting the Registrar (or any such delegate) in
        the performance or purported performance of any function, or the
        exercise or purported exercise of any power, under this Ordinance.