Hong Kong Regulations

LAND REGISTRATION REGULATIONS,LAND REGISTRATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 14

Procedure where memorial complies with regulations

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to regulation 15, the Land Registrar shall in respect of every
memorial, as soon as practicable enter the following particulars on a portion
of the record of a register computer kept by him for the purpose of this
regulation for the land and premises affected by the instrument to which the
memorial relates, that is to say- (L.N. 211 of 1986; L.N. 353 of 1994; 20 of
2002 s. 5)

   (a)  the memorial number;

   (b)  the date of the instrument to which the memorial relates;

   (c)  the date of registration;

   (d)  the consideration (if any);

   (e)  the name or names of the party or parties in whose favour the
        instrument is made;

   (f)  in the case of an instrument particulars of which are entered as an
        encumbrance, the nature of the instrument; and

   (g)  any other matters that may seem to the Land Registrar to be relevant.

(1A) (Repealed 20 of 2002 s. 5)

(2) When the requirements of paragraph (1) have been complied with the Land
Registrar shall sign a certificate of registration on the instrument or have
his printed signature on a certificate of registration affixed to the
instrument, whereupon registration shall be deemed to be completed, and the
instrument together with the memorial thereof shall then be recorded by him on
16 mm black and white microfilm or by the imaging method. (L.N. 353 of 1994;
L.N. 445 of 1996; 20 of 2002 s. 5)

(2A) (Repealed 20 of 2002 s. 5)

(2B) The Land Registrar shall cause a plan mentioned in and attached to or
endorsed on the instrument to be imaged in colour upon completion of
registration. (20 of 2002 s. 5)

(3) When the requirements of paragraph (2) have been complied with, the Land
Registrar shall-

   (a)  (Repealed 20 of 2002 s. 5)

   (b)  send by post-

        (i)    a notice in writing that registration of the instrument to
               which the memorial relates has been completed; and

        (ii)   such instrument, to the person by whom it was delivered. (L.N.
               353 of 1994)

(3A) The Land Registrar may at any time record by using the imaging method the
microfilm record referred to in paragraph (2). (L.N. 584 of 1995)

(4) A microfilm or image record referred to in paragraphs (2) and

(3A) shall be kept by the Land Registrar in a secure place in the Land
Registry for future reference when required.

(5) Any person who collects a registered instrument shall sign for the
instrument in a book to be kept in the Land Registry by the Land Registrar for
the purpose.

(8 of 1993 s. 30; L.N. 584 of 1995)