Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 57

Registration of more than one owner

not yet in operation

(1) An instrument providing for a transfer made in favour of 2 or more persons
shall not be registered unless it shows, in respect of the registered land or
the registered long term lease to which it relates—

   (a)  whether the persons are joint tenants or tenants in common; and

   (b)  where the persons are tenants in common, the share of each owner or
        lessee.

(2) The entry made in the Title Register to effect the registration of an
instrument referred to in subsection (1) shall show the particulars required
to be shown in that instrument under paragraphs (a) and (b) of that
subsection.