### Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance 《已拆卸建築物(原址重新發展)條例》

12. Charge for compensation awarded
(1) Upon the registration in the Land Registry under section 9(1) of a final award, the amount of such award and any interest accrued or thereafter accruing thereon shall, until the compensation and interest are paid, constitute a charge on the property in respect of which the compensation has been awarded in favour of The Financial Secretary Incorporated in trust for the person or persons entitled to the compensation and interest. (Amended L.N. 63 of 1975; L.N. 180 of 1985; 8 of 1993 s. 2)
(2) Without prejudice to the priority of instruments executed prior to the commencement* of this Ordinance a charge created by subsection (1) shall have priority over all other instruments affecting the property against which the charge is registered executed after such commencement.
(3) For the purpose of enforcing any such charge, The Financial Secretary Incorporated shall have all the same powers and remedies as are, under the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance (Cap. 219), and otherwise, available in Hong Kong to a mortgagee under a legal charge or equitable mortgage by deed, and the provisions of the said Ordinance which apply where a mortgagee exercises any such power or avails himself of any such remedy shall apply where The Financial Secretary Incorporated exercises any such power or avails himself of any such remedy. (Amended L.N. 180 of 1985; 61 of 1999 s. 3)

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 11 January 1963.

14. Determination of appeals under sections 4 and 6
(1) In determining an appeal under section 4 the Lands Tribunal may confirm or set aside the re-development order and may substitute therefor any other re-development order which it thinks proper and which could have been made by the Director. (Amended 68 of 1995 s. 22)
(1A) In determining an appeal under section 6 the Lands Tribunal may confirm or set aside the incremental value and may substitute therefor any other incremental value which it thinks proper and which could have been made by the Director of Lands or any officer authorized by him. (Added 68 of 1995 s. 22)
(2) The decision of the Lands Tribunal shall set out the matters for which allowance is made in making its determination and such decision shall be final.
(Replaced 62 of 1974 s. 16)

### Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance 《已拆卸建築物(原址重新發展)條例》

15. Service of notices and orders
Service of any notice, communication or order which may be given or served under the provisions of this Ordinance may be effected—
(a) personally; or
(b) by registered post addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the person to be served; or
(c) by leaving the same with an adult occupier of the premises to which the notice, communication or order relates; or
(d)  by posting the same upon a conspicuous part of such premises:

Provided that in addition to or in substitution for any such method of service the publication in the Gazette of such notice or order together with the available particulars of the person to whom it is addressed shall be deemed to be good service.

17. Saving of rights of Government and powers of Building Authority
Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to take away or affect—
(a) any rights of the Government or any remedies of the Government for the enforcement of, or otherwise in respect of, such rights; or (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 67)
(b) any powers of the Building Authority under the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123).

### District Court (Fees) Rules 《區域法院(費用)規則》

1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the District Court (Fees) Rules.
(L.N. 83 of 2021)

1A. Disapplication
These rules do not apply in relation to a type or description of proceedings in the Court if the fees payable in respect of that type or description of proceedings are specified in any other enactment.
(L.N. 83 of 2021)

2. Fees
(1) A fee specified in Part 1 of the Schedule is payable in respect of a proceeding (other than a criminal proceeding) in the Court.
(2) A fee specified in Part 2 of the Schedule is payable in respect of a criminal proceeding in the Court.
(L.N. 83 of 2021)

3. Payment of fees
Save where otherwise provided in the Schedule, the fees therein specified shall be payable either by adhesive stamps or by causing the relevant document to be franked with the amount of the relevant fee.

4. Saving of special fee
Where, in relation to any particular proceedings in the Court, a fee is specified in the Schedule, that fee shall be payable in substitution for and not in addition to any general fee specified in the Schedule.

6. Power of Registrar
The Registrar may reduce, remit or defer payment of any fee specified in the Schedule as he may think fit in any particular case and shall, in every case where he exercises this power, endorse on the relevant document a note of such reduction, remission or deferment and of the reason therefor.

7. Application to the Government
These Rules shall apply to all proceedings by or against the Government.
(L.N. 187 of 2000)

### District Court Suitors’ Funds Rules 《區域法院訴訟人儲存金規則》

1. Citation
These rules may be cited as the District Court Suitors’ Funds Rules.

2. Interpretation
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
Accountant (會計師) means the Judiciary Accountant;
court (區域法院) means the District Court; (28 of 2000 s. 48)
funds (儲存金) or funds in court (法院儲存金) means any money or securities, movable property or any part thereof standing in or to be placed to the Registrar’s account and includes boxes and other effects;
ledger account (分類帳帳目) means any separate account that bears the title of a cause or matter opened or to be opened under an order or otherwise in the Registrar’s books to which any funds are credited or to be credited; (L.N. 149 of 2015)
lodge in court (向法院交存) means pay or transfer into court or deposit in court, and lodgment in court (交存於法院) has a corresponding meaning;
order (命令) means an order of the court and includes a judgment or decree and includes the schedule or schedules to an order; (L.N. 149 of 2015)
Registrar (司法常務官) means the Registrar of the court; (28 of 2000 s. 46; L.N. 149 of 2015)
title of the cause or matter (訟案或事宜的標題) means the short title of the cause or matter with reference to the record.
(L.N. 149 of 2015)