Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 29

Title certificates

not yet in operation PART 6

CERTIFICATES, SEARCHES AND EVIDENCE

(1) The Registrar may, on application presented to him by the owner of
registered land or the lessee of a registered long term lease, issue to the
owner or lessee a certificate in the specified form showing, or referring to,
all current entries in the Title Register affecting the land or lease.

(2) Where only part of the registered land or interest in the
registered long term lease which is the subject of a title certificate is
dealt with in a transfer or transmission—

   (a)  the title certificate shall accompany the application for registration
        of the transfer or transmission; and

   (b)  the Registrar shall cancel that title certificate upon the
        registration of the application.

(3) A title certificate shall be admissible as evidence of the matters
contained in the certificate as on the date of its issue.

(4) Notwithstanding what is shown, or referred to, in a title  certificate,
the Title Register shall be conclusive evidence of the title to the
registered land and interest in the registered long term lease and the other
matters shown on the Title Register.

(5) Except in the circumstances permitted under the regulations, if a
title certificate has been issued for registered land or a registered 
long term lease, a transfer or transmission shall not be registered in respect
of the land or lease unless the certificate is returned for cancellation.

(6) After the Registrar has issued a title certificate for registered land or
a registered long term lease, he—

   (a)  shall make a note in the Title Register that the certificate has been
        issued; and

   (b)  subject to subsection (7), shall not issue another title  certificate
        in respect of the land or lease unless the first certificate is
        cancelled.

(7) A new title certificate may be issued, in accordance with the regulations,
in place of a title certificate which has been lost or destroyed or which for
any other reason needs to be replaced.

(8) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that a title 
certificate is subject to—

   (a)  any overriding interest; and

   (b)  any subsequent entry in the Title Register, affecting the
        registered land or the registered long term lease to which the
        certificate relates.