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LAND TITLES ORDINANCE (3) Any person who knowingly misleads or deceives any person referred to in section 11(3)—
 * (a) when that second-mentioned person is acting in the capacity referred to in that section; and
 * (b) in respect of—
 * (i) registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease; or
 * (ii) an interest in registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease,

commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 6 months.

(4) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement made under section 8(2)(a), (b) or (c) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a daily penalty of $500.

(5) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made under section 34(1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a daily penalty of $1,250.

(6) Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement made under section 95 within the period specified in the requirement commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a daily penalty of $500.

(7) In this section—

“alteration” (更改) includes making an entry;

“application for the registration of any matter” (要求將任何事項註冊的申請) includes any document accompanying the application;

“daily penalty” (每日罰款) means a penalty for each day on which the offence concerned is continued;

“erasure” (塗抹) includes defacement, obliteration and mutilation.

99. Power of Registrar to specify forms

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Registrar may specify the form of any document required under this Ordinance to be in the specified form and the form of such other documents (including conveyancing documents) required for the purposes of this Ordinance as he thinks fit.

(2) The Registrar’s power under subsection (1) shall be subject to any express requirement under this Ordinance for a form, whether specified or otherwise, to comply with that requirement, but that requirement shall not restrict the exercise of that power in respect of that form to the extent that, in the opinion of the Registrar, his exercise of that power in respect of that form does not contravene that requirement.