Hong Kong Regulations

LAND REGISTRATION REGULATIONS - REGULATION 5

Delivery and form of memorial

(Past version on 12/02/2005).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Registration of an instrument under the Ordinance shall be effected by
delivering into the Land Registry such instrument together with a memorial
thereof in the form specified and provided by the Land Registrar and by
compliance with the Ordinance and these regulations. (L.N. 353 of 1994; 20 of
2002 s. 5)

(2) A memorial shall, unless the Land Registrar otherwise permits, be on paper
of A4 size. (L.N. 211 of 1986; L.N. 445 of 1996)

(3) Delivery of an instrument and memorial into the Land Registry may be
effected by-

   (a)  personal delivery; or

   (b)  sending the instrument and memorial by post. (L.N. 353 of 1994)

(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the delivery of an instrument or memorial into
the Land Registry by post shall be regarded as having been effected when the
instrument or memorial is received by the Land Registrar. (L.N. 353 of 1994)

(5) For the purposes of these regulations, the date of receipt of an
instrument or memorial sent to the Land Registrar by post shall-

   (a)  where the instrument or memorial is received by the Land Registrar
        before 1.30 p.m. on any day on which the Land Registry is open to the
        public, be that day;

   (b)  where the instrument or memorial is received by the Land Registrar-

        (i)    after 1.30 p.m. on any day on which the Land Registry is open
               to the public; or

        (ii)   on any day on which the Land Registry is not open to the
               public, be deemed to be the next following day on which the
               Land Registry is open to the public. (L.N. 353 of 1994; L.N. 36
               of 2007)

(8 of 1993 s. 30)