Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 62

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not yet in operation PART 9

TRANSMISSIONS AND TRUSTS

(1) Without prejudice to the operation of sections 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 and 68,
where a person becomes entitled to registered land, a registered charge or a
registered long term lease under an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, under an enactment or by operation of law

(including in the capacity of trustee), the Registrar shall, on the
presentation to him by the person of such evidence as the Registrar requires,
register the person so entitled—

   (a)  as the owner, or as the owner in the capacity of trustee, of the land
        or charge; or

   (b)  as the lessee, or as the lessee in the capacity of trustee, of the
        lease, as the case may require.

(2) The registration of a person under subsection (1) as the owner, or as the
owner in the capacity of trustee, of registered land shall be treated as only
confirming that the person has the same legal estate or equitable interest and
rights as would have been vested in that person if the land had been
transferred to him and he had been registered as the owner of the land under
section 25.

(3) The registration of a person under subsection (1) as the lessee, or as the
lessee in the capacity of trustee, of a registered long  term lease shall be
treated as only confirming that the person has the same interest and rights as
would have been vested in that person if he had been registered as the lessee
of the lease under section 26.