Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Combinations and divisions

not yet in operation

(1) Where the Registrar is presented with an application from the owner of
contiguous parcels of registered land for the combination of that land, the
Registrar may effect the combination by making the appropriate entries in the
Title Register to create a single title for the combined parcels of
registered land.

(2) Where any new building is or is to be situated on any land consisting of 2
or more lots (and whether or not the owner or owners of the respective lots is
or are the same person or persons), then the Registrar shall, in the
circumstances prescribed by the regulations, refuse to proceed with the
registration of any matter relating to an undivided share with an exclusive
right to use and occupy a part of the building unless and until an application
for the combination of those lots has been registered.

(3) Subject to section 44, where the Registrar is presented with an
application from the owner of registered land for the division of the land,
the Registrar may, if he considers it expedient to do so, effect the division
by making the appropriate entries in the Title Register to create a single
title for each parcel of land into which the registered land is to be divided.

(4) Subject to section 44, where the Registrar is presented with an
application for the division of registered land by a person who—

   (a)  is to be the purchaser of one or more of the parcels of land to result
        from the division; and

   (b)  has the consent of the owner of the land to make the application, the
        Registrar may, if he considers it expedient to do so, effect the
        division upon the registration of that application, by making the
        appropriate entries in the Title Register to create a single title for
        each parcel of land into which the registered land is to be divided.

(5) In this section, "new building" (新建築物) means a building in respect
of which—

   (a)  an occupation permit may be issued under section 21 of the
        Buildings Ordinance ( Cap 123) on or after the appointed day;

   (b)  a temporary occupation permit may be issued under section 21 of the
        Buildings Ordinance ( Cap 123) on or after the appointed day in
        respect of the whole or any part of the building;

   (c)  a certificate of exemption has been issued under the Buildings 
        Ordinance (Application to the New Territories) Ordinance ( Cap 121)
        before the appointed day but the building has not been completed
        before that day; or

   (d)  a certificate of exemption under the Buildings Ordinance (Application
        to the New Territories) Ordinance ( Cap 121) may be issued on or after
        the appointed day.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that—

   (a)  subsection (1) shall not of itself operate to authorize the
        amalgamation or unification of Government leases of contiguous parcels
        of registered land which have been combined under that subsection; and

   (b)  this section shall not authorize anything to be done which would be
        inconsistent with the other provisions of this Ordinance or of any
        other enactment.

"new building" (新建築物)