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[接上页] Any assistant land registrar acting in the place or on behalf of the Land Registrar shall have the same duties and powers as are given by this or any other Ordinance to the Land Registrar. (Added 23 of 1938 s. 2. Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3) Cap 128 s 26A Copies of documents etc. admissible in evidence (1) A document purporting to be a copy, print or extract- (a) of or from- (i) any memorial or any deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing, or judgment, belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the Land Registry, or any part thereof or endorsement thereon or any microfilm, image or other record thereof; or (Amended 56 of 1992 s. 15; 104 of 1995 s. 5) (ii) any register, book, index, receipt, docket or other document belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the Land Registry, or any part thereof or any microfilm, image or other record thereof; and (Amended 104 of 1995 s. 5)(b) bearing a certificate, with the signature or the printed signature of the Land Registrar, or of any person authorized by him in that behalf, certifying that the document is a true copy, print or extract, (Replaced 104 of 1995 s. 5)shall, subject to the Stamp Duty Ordinance (Cap 117), be admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without further proof and, until the contrary is proved, the court shall presume that- (A) the signature or the printed signature and certification to the document is that of the Land Registrar or a person authorized by him in that behalf; and (Amended 104 of 1995 s. 5) (B) the document is a true and correct copy, print or extract.(2) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the admissibility of any evidence which would be admissible apart from the provisions of this section. (3) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that nothing in this section or any other provision of this Ordinance shall require the Land Registrar or a person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide a certificate mentioned in that subsection in relation to any copy, print or extract of or from any instrument, including any copies, prints or extracts of or from the memorial and plans (if any) relating thereto, withheld from registration pursuant to the Land Registration Regulations (Cap 128 sub. leg. A). (Added 20 of 2002 s. 2) (Added 56 of 1980 s. 9. Amended 8 of 1993 ss. 2 & 3) Cap 128 s 27 Fees Remarks: Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 61 of 1999 s. 3 (1) The Chief Executive in Council may by regulation prescribe the fees to be taken in the Land Registry. (Amended 20 of 1948 s. 4; 9 of 1950 Schedule; 37 of 1950 Schedule; 61 of 1999 s. 3) (2) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), the true consideration shall be stated in all documents registered in the Land Registry. (Replaced 28 of 1931 s. 2) (3) Where the amount or value of the consideration money is not stated in any deed, assignment, mortgage or other instrument proposed to be registered in the Land Registry, or where no consideration money or merely nominal consideration money passes thereunder, the value of the property, to which such deed, assignment, mortgage or other instrument relates, shall be determined by the Land Registrar and the like fees shall be paid as if the value so determined were the amount or value of the consideration money. (Replaced 28 of 1931 s. 2. Amended 20 of 1948 s. 4; 56 of 1992 s. 12) (Amended 8 of 1993 ss. 2 & 3) Cap 128 s 28 Regulations (1) The Land Registrar may make regulations for all or any of the following matters- (Amended 56 of 1992 s. 13) (a) the manner in which entry and registration of memorials, deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and judgments, and other documents in the Land Registry shall be effected, and the withdrawal of any memorial, deed, conveyance, or other instrument in writing, or judgment, or other document from registration; (Amended 56 of 1992 s. 15) (b) determining the date of registration of registered instruments and the proof thereof; (c) particulars and documents to be furnished for the purposes of registration; (d) the method by which and the form in which memorials, deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and judgments, and other documents are to be recorded and the manner in which they are to be maintained; (Amended 56 of 1992 s. 15) (e) the correction and amendment of any memorial or other document; (f) the keeping of indexes, registers and other records of the Land Registry; (g) the use of microfilm, imaging or any other material or method for the recording of memorials, deeds, conveyances, and other instruments in writing, and judgments, and other documents, including records of the Land Registry; (Amended 56 of 1992 s. 15; 104 of 1995 s. 6) (ga) the use of the imaging method for the recording of microfilm records; (Added 104 of 1995 s. 6) (h) the destruction or disposal of memorials and other documents, including records of the Land Registry, recorded on microfilm or on other material or by the imaging method; (Amended 104 of 1995 s. 6) |