### Government Rent and Premium (Apportionment) Ordinance 《地稅及地價(分攤)條例》

23. Cancellation of apportionment where divided building demolished or destroyed
(1) Where the building is wholly or partly demolished or destroyed, the Director of Lands may, if he thinks fit, cancel any determination under section 12 of the Government rent, and the annual instalment of premium if any, payable in respect of a relevant interest. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3; 29 of 1998 s. 37)
(2) The Director of Lands shall cause notice of the cancellation of any such determination to be published in the Gazette. (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3)
(3) With effect from the publication in the Gazette of notice under subsection (2), the Government rent, and the premium if any, payable in respect of the lot shall be paid— (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 37)
(a) in the case of a lot, other than a section which by virtue of section 8(3) or 27(2) is deemed to be a lot, in accordance with the Government lease of the lot; and
(b) in the case of a section which by virtue of section 8(3) or 27(2) is deemed to be a lot, in accordance with the covenant for the payment thereof deemed by virtue of section 8(2) of this Ordinance or section 9(1) of the repealed Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance (Cap. 125, 1964 Ed.), as the case may be, to be included in the separate Government lease of the section. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 37)
(4) A certificate—
(a) purporting to be signed by the Director of Lands or a public officer authorized by him for the purposes of this section; and (Amended L.N. 76 of 1982; L.N. 94 of 1986)
(b) specifying that a building has been wholly or partly demolished or destroyed, 
shall be conclusive evidence for the purposes of this Ordinance that the building has been wholly or partly demolished or destroyed.
(Amended L.N. 291 of 1993)

24. Correction of clerical errors
The Director of Lands may at any time correct clerical or arithmetical errors in a determination under section 5 or 12.
(Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3; L.N. 291 of 1993)

### Government Rent and Premium (Apportionment) Ordinance 《地稅及地價(分攤)條例》

25. Covenants between owners not to be affected
Neither section 8 nor section 15 shall affect any covenant or agreement with respect to the payment of Government rent or premium, or both, contained in an instrument which is registered in the Land Registry, but where the owner of a section or a relevant interest pays the determined Government rent or the determined annual instalment of premium to the Government his liability under such covenant or agreement shall be discharged to the extent of such payment.
(Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2; 29 of 1998 s. 105)

26. Delegation by Director of Lands
(Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3; L.N. 291 of 1993)The powers, functions and duties conferred or imposed by this Ordinance on the Director of Lands may be exercised or performed by any public officer authorized in writing by the Director of Lands for the purposes of this Ordinance.
(Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3; L.N. 291 of 1993)

27. Transitional provisions
(1) Notwithstanding the repeal of the Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance (Cap. 125, 1964 Ed.), a determination thereunder of the Crown rent payable in respect of a section shall, if it has been registered and notified in accordance with that Ordinance, continue to have effect as if that Ordinance had not been repealed.
(2) A section which by virtue of section 9 of the repealed Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance (Cap. 125, 1964 Ed.) is held as if a separate Government lease thereof had been granted shall be deemed to be a lot for the purposes of this Ordinance. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 38)
(3) For the purposes of section 24, a determination under the repealed Crown Rents (Apportionment) Ordinance (Cap. 125, 1964 Ed.) of the Crown rent payable in respect of a section shall be deemed to have been made under section 5.

### Lands Resumption Ordinance 《收回土地條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Lands Resumption Ordinance.
(Amended 5 of 1924 s. 6; 29 of 1998 s. 32)

### Lands Resumption Ordinance 《收回土地條例》

2A. Notice of proposed resumption
(1) If the Authority proposes that any land is to be resumed for a public purpose, the Authority must publish a notice of the proposal in the Gazette.
(2) The notice of proposed resumption must—
(a) describe the public purpose for which the land is proposed to be resumed;
(b) describe the land proposed to be resumed;
(c) refer to a plan that shows the land proposed to be resumed in a manner sufficient to identify the land (relevant plan

2B. Objections relating to notice of proposed resumption
(1) Within 60 days after a notice of proposed resumption is published, the following person may object to the proposal for the resumption of the land stated in the notice by delivering an objection in writing to the Authority—
(a) an owner or occupier of that land; or
(b) a person having any right in relation to that land.
(2) An objection made by a person (objector

2C. Amendment notice
(1) The Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend a proposal for land resumption before the proposal is submitted to the Chief Executive in Council under section 2G.
(2) The amendment notice must—
(a) describe the amendment to the proposal for land resumption;
(b) refer to a plan that shows the amendment (relevant plan

2D. Objections relating to amendment notice
(1) Within 60 days after an amendment notice is published, the following person may object to the amendment made by the notice by delivering an objection in writing to the Authority—
(a) an owner or occupier of the land affected by the amendment; or
(b) a person having any right in relation to that land.
(2) An objection made by a person (objector

2E. Supplementary provisions relating to objections
(1) This section applies if a person (objector

2F. Decision not to proceed with proposal for land resumption
(1) Before a proposal for land resumption is submitted to the Chief Executive in Council under section 2G, if the Authority decides not to proceed with the proposal, the Authority must publish a notice of the decision in the Gazette.
(2) The Authority must—
(a) deposit a copy of the notice in the Land Registry;
(b) publish a copy of the notice on the website of the Authority;
(c) publish a copy of the notice in 1 issue of an English newspaper and 1 issue of a Chinese newspaper; and
(d) affix a copy of the notice in a conspicuous place on or near the land originally proposed to be resumed under the proposal for land resumption.
(3) A decision under subsection (1) does not affect anything lawfully done under this Ordinance before the decision is made.