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[接上页] (8) A covenant shall not bind a person after he has ceased to have any estate or interest in the land affected by that covenant except in respect of a breach of that covenant committed by him before that cessation. (9) A covenant in an instrument registered in the Land Registry under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap 128) against the land affected by the covenant shall bind the successors in title of the covenantor and the persons deriving title under or through him or them whether or not they had notice of the covenant. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2) (10) This section shall apply to covenants whether entered into before or after the commencement of the Conveyancing and Property (Amendment) Ordinance 1988 (31 of 1988). (Replaced 31 of 1988 s. 14) Cap 219 s 42 Saving of covenants, terms and conditions Remarks: Amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 s. 105 (1) Any instrument entered into and taking effect after an agreement for the Government lease of the land affected by the instrument but before the issue of the Government lease of that land shall have the same force and effect in relation to that land after the issue of that Government lease as it had immediately before that issue. (Amended 31 of 1988 s. 15) (2) Where any instrument referred to in subsection (1) is registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap 128), that registration shall continue in force after the issue of, and in relation to, the Government lease of the land affected by the instrument with effect from the date of registration; and the Land Registrar may make an entry directing attention to the provisions of this section in the Land Registry registers relating to any land affected by that instrument. (Amended 31 of 1988 s. 15; 8 of 1993 ss. 2 & 3) (3) Where a Government lease expires and is either renewed or replaced by a new Government lease relating to the same land, any covenant relating to that land shall, unless the contrary intention is expressed, continue to have effect. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105) Cap 219 s 43 Effect of agreement with 2 or more jointly (1) Any agreement or covenant relating to land or other property, express or implied, with 2 or more persons jointly to do any act for their benefit shall be deemed, unless the contrary intention is expressed, to include an obligation to do that act for the benefit of the survivor or survivors of them and for the benefit of any other person to whom the right to sue on the agreement devolves; and shall be construed as being made with each of them. (2) This section applies only to agreements entered into after 22 June 1979. [cf. 1925 c. 20 s. 81 U.K.] Cap 219 s 44 Mortgage of legal estate PART V MORTGAGES (1) After the commencement of this section, a mortgage of a legal estate, including any second or subsequent mortgage of that legal estate, may be effected at law only by a charge by deed expressed to be a legal charge. (2) Under a mortgage effected by a legal charge, the mortgagor and the mortgagee shall, subject to this Ordinance, have the same protection, powers and remedies (including but not limited to those relating to foreclosure and the equity of redemption but excluding the power of the mortgagee to enter into possession before any default by the mortgagor) as if the mortgage had been effected by way of assignment of the legal estate before the commencement of this section. (3) Upon the commencement of this section, a mortgage of a legal estate effected by way of assignment of the legal estate before the commencement of this section shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Ordinance, to be reassigned and discharged and replaced by a legal charge in the same terms and having the same validity and priority, subject to this Ordinance, as the mortgage which it replaces. (4) Subsection (3) does not affect- (a) the mortgagee's right to the possession of any documents; or (b) any rights or obligations, under any guarantee, suretyship or otherwise, ancillary to the mortgage replaced under that subsection.(5) Subject to any agreement between the mortgagor and the mortgagee, where the mortgaged land is mortgaged by way of legal charge, the mortgagor may execute a second or subsequent charge against the mortgaged land by a legal charge. (6) Unless the contrary intention is expressed, the mortgagee under the first mortgage of a legal estate shall be entitled to possession of the deeds of title relating to the mortgaged land. (7) This section does not affect any mortgage, including a mortgage by sub-demise, effected before the commencement of this section which is not replaced under subsection (3). (8) This section does not affect any mortgage, charge or lien arising under any Ordinance or by operation of law. (9) This section does not affect the right or interest of any person arising out of or consequent on the possession by him of any documents relating to a legal estate in land. Cap 219 s 45 Tacking (1) A mortgagee under prior mortgage may make a further advance or re-advance to rank in the same priority over a subsequent mortgage as the original advance under that prior mortgage- |