### Land Registration Ordinance 《土地註冊條例》

5A. Priority of registered charging orders and lites pendentes
Notwithstanding section 3 or section 5 a charging order or lis pendens which is duly registered shall have priority from the commencement of the day following the date of its registration.
(Added 34 of 1978 s. 4)

14. Application to lis pendens
The provisions of this Ordinance relating to judgments (subject to the provisions hereinafter contained) shall extend to lites pendentes.
(10 of 1856 s. 1 incorporated. Amended 50 of 1911 Schedule; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 56 of 1992 s. 5)

16. Case of lis pendens not registered
No lis pendens shall be registered in the Registry of the High Court, or elsewhere than in the Land Registry; and a lis pendens not registered in the said office shall not bind any purchaser or mortgagee of the estate intended to be thereby affected. 
(10 of 1856 s. 3 incorporated. Amended 50 of 1911 Schedule; 56 of 1992 s. 7; 8 of 1993 s. 2; 25 of 1998 s. 2)

17. Expiry and re-registration
The registration of a judgment, order or lis pendens shall cease to have effect at the end of 5 years from the date of registration, but the judgment, order or lis pendens may be re-registered from time to time and, if so re-registered, shall have effect for 5 years from the date of re-registration.
(Replaced 56 of 1992 s. 8)

18. Effect of registry and re-registry and extension of 1855 c. 15 s. 11
Every lis pendens registered or re-registered, and also every judgment or order re-registered under this Ordinance, shall have the same force and effect as a judgment registered and not further or otherwise.
(10 of 1856 s. 5 incorporated. Amended 50 of 1911 Schedule; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 56 of 1980 s. 12; 56 of 1992 s. 9)

### Land Registration Ordinance 《土地註冊條例》

19. Power to the court to order vacation of lis pendens
The court or judge before whom any property sought to be bound is in litigation, may on the determination of the lis pendens, or during the pendency thereof, where the said court or judge is satisfied that the litigation is not prosecuted bona fide, or for other good cause shown, make an order for the vacating of the registration in the Land Registry of such lis pendens without the consent of the party who registered it, and may direct the party on whose behalf the registration was made to pay all the costs and expenses occasioned by the registration or the vacating thereof, including the costs of the application to vacate, or may make such other order as to such costs or any of them as to the said court or judge may seem just.
(2 of 1896 s. 1 incorporated. Amended 50 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1993 s. 2)[cf. 1867 c. 47 s. 2 U.K.]

20. Mode of making application to the court
The application to vacate a lis pendens under section 19 may be in a summary way by petition or motion in court or by summons in chambers, and may be made by any person interested in the property against which the lis pendens has been registered, whether such person is a party to the lis pendens or not.
(2 of 1896 s. 2 incorporated. Amended 5 of 1924 s. 8)[cf. 1867 c. 47 s. 2 U.K.]

21. Entry of discharge by Land Registrar
If an order is made for vacating any such registration, the Land Registrar shall, on the filing with him of a memorial and an office copy of such order, enter a discharge of such lis pendens on the register, and may issue certificates of such entry.
(2 of 1896 s. 3 incorporated. Amended 50 of 1911 Schedule; 8 of 1993 s. 3)[cf. 1867 c. 47 s. 2 U.K.]

### Land Registration Ordinance 《土地註冊條例》

23A. Liability of Land Registrar and others
If the Land Registrar or any other person employed in the Land Registry wilfully or negligently fails to comply with section 23, he shall be liable for any loss or damage thereby caused, but he shall not be liable in damages— (Amended 8 of 1993 ss. 2 & 3)
(a) for registering, in good faith, any deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing, or judgment, notwithstanding any error, omission or defect therein;
(b) for registering, in good faith, any deed, conveyance, or other instrument in writing, or judgment, which does not affect any parcels of ground, tenements or premises in Hong Kong; or
(c) for any damage to or loss or destruction of any memorial or any deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing, or judgment, registered or delivered for registration or any document in his custody unless such damage, loss or destruction was due to his act and such act—
(i) was not authorized by or under this Ordinance; and
(ii) was done negligently or with intent to cause such damage, loss or destruction.
(Added 56 of 1980 s. 6. Amended 56 of 1992 s. 15)

24. Dishonest destruction etc., of memorials and other documents
(1) Any person who dishonestly, with a view to gain for himself or another, or with intent to cause loss to another, destroys, removes, alters, defaces or conceals—
(a) any memorial, or any deed, conveyance or other instrument in writing, or judgment, belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the Land Registry, or any part thereof or endorsement thereon or any microfilm, image or other record thereof; or (Amended 104 of 1995 s. 4)
(b) any register, book, index, receipt, docket or other document belonging to, or filed or deposited in, the Land Registry, or any part thereof or any microfilm, image or other record thereof, (Amended 104 of 1995 s. 4)
commits an offence and is liable on conviction upon indictment to imprisonment. (Amended 56 of 1992 ss. 11 & 15; 8 of 1993 s. 2)
(2) Any person who wilfully or maliciously destroys, removes, alters, defaces or conceals any thing referred to under subsection (1)(a) or (b) commits an offence and is liable to imprisonment and a fine. (Added 56 of 1992 s. 11)
(Replaced 56 of 1980 s. 7)

### Land Registration Ordinance 《土地註冊條例》

26. Duties and powers of assistant land registrar
Any assistant land registrar acting in the place or on behalf of the Land Registrar shall have the same duties and powers as are given by this or any other Ordinance to the Land Registrar.
(Added 23 of 1938 s. 2. Amended 8 of 1993 s. 3)