Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Supporting documents

not yet in operation

(1) The Registrar shall keep in the Land Registry, or make and keep in the
Land Registry a microfilm, image record or other record (including an
image record of a microfilm) of, the following documents—

   (a)  any memorial which supports a current entry in the Title  Register;

   (b)  the documents, if any, accompanying a memorial referred to in
        paragraph (a);

   (c)  any application for the registration of a matter where—

        (i)    the matter has been registered; and

        (ii)   the application supports a current entry in the Title Register;

   (d)  the documents, if any, accompanying an application referred to in
        paragraph (c).

(2) Where a microfilm, image record or other record of a document is made
under subsection (1), the Registrar may—

   (a)  destroy or otherwise dispose of the document from which the record was
        made; or

   (b)  return that document to the person by whom, or on whose behalf, it was
        delivered to the Land Registry.

(3) Where a microfilm, image record or other record is made of a document
under subsection (1), the microfilm, image record or other record, as the case
may be, shall be treated for all purposes as the original document.