Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 63

Transmission on death of joint tenant

not yet in operation

(1) Subject to subsection (2), where one of 2 or more joint tenants of
registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease dies, the
Registrar, on proof to his satisfaction of the death, shall remove the name of
the deceased from the Title Register.

(2) The Registrar shall not remove the name of a deceased from the
Title Register under subsection (1) until he is satisfied that—

   (a)  estate duty is not payable under the Estate Duty Ordinance ( Cap  111)
        on the deceased's interest in registered land or the registered long 
        term lease concerned; or

   (b)  where such estate duty is payable on such interest—

        (i)    the estate duty has been paid in accordance with the provisions
               of that Ordinance; or

        (ii)   the payment of the estate duty has been secured to the
               satisfaction of the Commissioner under section 15 of the
               Estate Duty  Ordinance ( Cap 111).