### Land Registration Regulations 《土地註冊規例》

15. Procedure where instrument is withheld from registration
(1) Where, in respect of any memorial, plan or instrument delivered for registration, either—
(a) the Land Registrar is not satisfied as to any of the matters specified in section 23 of the Ordinance; or
(b) the person who so delivered the instrument requests the Land Registrar to do so,
the Land Registrar shall withhold the instrument from registration.
(2) Where under paragraph (1) an instrument is withheld from registration, the Land Registrar shall—
(a) enter on a docket the reasons why such instrument has been withheld;
(b) keep a copy of the instrument, together with copies of the memorial and plans (if any) relating thereto, in such form and by such method as the Land Registrar thinks fit; and
(c) either—
(i) send by post the instrument together with the memorial and plans (if any) relating thereto and a notice that the instrument has been withheld from registration to the person by whom it was delivered; or
(ii) at the request of the person who delivered the instrument, permit the person to collect the instrument in accordance with paragraph (3).
(3) Any person who collects an instrument withheld from registration shall—
(a) at the same time collect the memorial and plans (if any) relating thereto;
(b) acknowledge receipt of such instrument, memorial and plans (if any) by signing and dating in a book of record kept by the Land Registrar for the purposes of this regulation; and
(c) collect and retain the docket.
(4) If an instrument collected by or sent by post to the person by whom it was delivered under paragraph (2) or (3) is redelivered for registration, such instrument, together with the memorial and plans (if any) relating thereto shall be scrutinized by the Land Registrar, and the Land Registrar shall—
(a) if he is satisfied in respect of such instrument, memorial and plans (if any) as to the matters specified in section 23 of the Ordinance, proceed to register the instrument in accordance with regulation 14; or
(b) if he is not so satisfied, withhold the instrument from registration.
(5) The Land Registrar may destroy or otherwise dispose of any copy of an instrument kept under paragraph (2)(b), together with copies of the memorial and plans (if any) relating thereto so kept—
(a) if the instrument—
(i) is redelivered for registration; or
(ii) is registered; and
(b) in such manner as the Land Registrar thinks fit.
(6) Paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) shall apply in respect of any instrument withheld under paragraph (4)(b).
(20 of 2002 s. 5)

### Land Registration Regulations 《土地註冊規例》

16. Date of registration
Registration of an instrument when completed shall take effect from the date recorded on the memorial thereof or from the date recorded on the gum label affixed to the memorial thereof, as the case may be, under regulation 10(c), and such record together with the certificate of registration referred to in regulation 14(2) shall be evidence of the registration of such instrument, and of the date of registration.
(L.N. 445 of 1996)

### Land Registration Regulations 《土地註冊規例》

18. Recording of old memorials and register cards, etc.
(1) The Land Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement* of the Land Registration (Amendment) Regulation 1995 (L.N. 584 of 1995), record—
(a) on 16 mm black and white microfilm; or
(b) by the imaging method,
the memorial of every instrument registered prior to—
(i) in the case of a memorial of an instrument registered in the Land Registry, other than the New Territories Land Registry, the commencement* of that Regulation; or
(ii) in the case of a memorial of an instrument registered in the New Territories Land Registry, the date, or the latter of the dates if more than one date, appointed by the Land Registrar under regulation 14(2A).
(2) The Land Registrar shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement* of the Land Registration (Amendment) Regulation 1995 (L.N. 584 of 1995)—
(a) record on 16 mm black and white microfilm every register card kept by him in the Land Registry, other than the New Territories Land Registry; and
(b) enter the particulars of every register card kept by him in the New Territories Land Registry on a portion of the record in a register computer kept for the purpose of this regulation for the land and the premises to which the register card relates.
(3) The Land Registrar may at any time record by using the imaging method the microfilm record of every memorial referred to in paragraph (1).
(4) The microfilm or image record of every memorial referred to in paragraph (1), the microfilm record of every register card referred to in paragraph (2) and the image record of the microfilm record referred to in paragraph (3) shall be deposited and kept by the Land Registrar in a secure place in the Land Registry for future reference when required.
(5) In this regulation, New Territories Land Registry (新界區土地註冊處) has the meaning assigned to it by regulation 2 as in force immediately before the commencement# of section 60(a) of the Schedule to the Land Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 (20 of 2002). (20 of 2002 s. 5)
(L.N. 584 of 1995) Editorial Note: 
* Commencement date: 22 December 1995.
# Commencement date: 12 February 2005.

### Land Registration Regulations 《土地註冊規例》

18A. Colour imaging of old copy plan attached to or endorsed on an instrument
(1) The Land Registrar shall record by the colour imaging method the copy of every coloured plan mentioned in and attached to or endorsed on an instrument registered in the Land Registry before the commencement† of this regulation.
(2) The image record of the copy of a coloured plan referred to in paragraph (1) shall be deposited and kept by the Land Registrar in a secure place in the Land Registry for future reference when required.
(3) Where a record has been made under paragraph (1) of the copy of a coloured plan referred to in that paragraph, the Land Registrar may destroy or otherwise dispose of the copy in such manner as he thinks fit.
(20 of 2002 s. 5) Editorial Note:
† Commencement date: 12 December 2002.

19. Disposal of memorials and register cards after recording
The Land Registrar may—
(a) where any memorial has been recorded on microfilm or by the imaging method in accordance with regulation 14(2) or 18(1); or
(b) where any register card has been recorded on microfilm or the particulars thereof have been entered on a register computer in accordance with regulation 18(2), 
destroy or otherwise dispose of such memorial or such register card or part thereof in such manner as he thinks fit.
(L.N. 584 of 1995)