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LAND TITLES ORDINANCE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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An Ordinance to provide for a system of registration of title to land, and to provide for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith. [] Enacted by the Legislative Council. PART 1 1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Land Titles Ordinance.

(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands by notice published in the Gazette.

2. Interpretation

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“application” (申請), in relation to the registration of any matter, means an application in the specified form;

“applications register” (申請註冊紀錄) means the applications register kept under section 5;

“appointed day” (指定日期) means the day appointed under section 1(2) for the commencement of section 21;

“authorized land surveyor” (認可土地測量師) has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Land Survey Ordinance (Cap. 473);