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LAND TITLES ORDINANCE (2) The Registrar may refuse to register a disposition of registered land, a registered charge or a registered long term lease in respect of which fees or levies are unpaid.

(3) Unpaid fees, levies, costs, charges or expenses required to be paid to the Registrar shall constitute a debt due to the Government and shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt within the meaning of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227).

(4) Unpaid costs, charges or expenses the subject of an order under section 8(2)(f) which are required to be paid to a person other than the Registrar shall constitute a debt due to that person and shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt within the meaning of the Magistrates Ordinance (Cap. 227).

102. Regulations—general powers

(1) The Secretary may make regulations for all or any of the following matters—
 * (a) fixing the hours during which the Land Registry or any part of the Land Registry shall be open to the public and empowering the Registrar to vary such hours;
 * (b) the manner of verification of an application for the registration of any matter;
 * (c) the size, form and colouring of plans attached to or endorsed on an instrument accompanying an application for registration of any matter;
 * (d) the size and form of, and the particulars to be contained in, instruments accompanying applications for registration of any matter;
 * (e) the manner in which an application for the registration of any matter is made and the procedures to be followed for the presentation of the application;
 * (f) the numbering of applications for the registration of any matter;
 * (g) the particulars to be entered in the Title Register and the applications register;
 * (h) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (g), the manner in which the names of persons are to be entered in the Title Register and the applications register;
 * (i) the circumstances and the procedures for rectification of the Title Register;
 * (j) the scrutiny of applications for the registration of any matter;
 * (k) the procedure to be followed in order to effect the registration of any matter;