Hong Kong Ordinances

LAND TITLES ORDINANCE - SECT 81

Rectification by Registrar

not yet in operation PART 11

RECTIFICATION

(1) The Registrar may rectify any error or omission in the Title  Register—

   (a)  on his own volition, if the rectification will not materially affect
        the interest of the owner of registered land or a registered  charge,
        or the lessee of a registered long term lease;

   (b)  on application presented to him by any person, if the applicant proves
        to the satisfaction of the Registrar that the error or omission is of
        a clerical nature only and that the rectification will not materially
        affect the interest of the owner of registered land or a registered 
        charge, or the lessee of a registered long term lease; or

   (c)  in any other case, with the consent of all persons interested.

(2) The Registrar shall—

   (a)  on application presented to him by a person stating that there has
        been a change in his name; and

   (b)  on proof to his satisfaction of that change, make an entry in the
        Title Register to record the change if that person's former name is
        the subject of an entry in the Title Register.

(3) Where—

   (a)  pursuant to section 61(3), the name of a minor is entered in the
        Title Register as the owner of registered land or a registered charge,
        or as the lessee of a registered long term lease; and

   (b)  the owner or lessee, as the case may be, attains full age, then the
        owner or lessee, as the case may be, may make an application to the
        Registrar to remove the words in the Title Register which describe him
        as a minor.

(4) On receipt of an application under subsection (3), the Registrar shall, if
he is satisfied that the owner or lessee concerned has attained full age,
remove the words in the Title Register which describe him as a minor.