Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Seal of Land Registry

not yet in operation

(1) The Land Registry shall have a seal of office having inscribed in the
margin of the seal—

   (a)  the words "Land Registrar, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" in
        the English language
        and“香港特別行政區土地註冊處處長”in the Chinese
        language; or

   (b)  such other words as the Registrar may from time to time specify by
        notice published in the Gazette.

(2) For the purposes of any proceedings, whether under this Ordinance or
otherwise, an instrument—

   (a)  purporting to bear the imprint of the seal referred to in subsection
        (1); and

   (b)  purporting to be signed and issued by a person referred to in
        section 11(3), shall be received in evidence in those proceedings upon
        its production without further proof and, in the absence of evidence
        to the contrary, it shall be presumed—

   (c)  where the instrument purports to be so signed, that the signature is
        that of the person referred to in that section; and

   (d)  where the instrument purports to be so issued, that it was issued by
        or under the direction of the Registrar.