### Land Acquisition (Possessory Title) Ordinance 《土地徵用(管有業權)條例》

11. Payment when person entitled cannot be found, etc.
When the person entitled to compensation in respect of any land which has been acquired is absent from Hong Kong or cannot be found, or within 6 months after the date when the amount of compensation shall have been agreed or determined by the Lands Tribunal under this Ordinance makes no claim to the same, or is in the opinion of the Director unable to give an effectual discharge for the same, the Director may direct payment of the compensation to be made to such other person on behalf of the person entitled as he shall think proper, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, and the receipt of such other person shall be a valid and effectual discharge for the same in the same manner as if payment had been made to the person entitled.
(Amended 64 of 1985 s. 3)

11A. Use of land acquired
If any land has been acquired for a public purpose under this Ordinance, the Government may use, or allow the use of, the land for any other purpose for a certain period of time before the land is used for that public purpose.
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 39)

12. Barring actions against the Government
Except as provided by this Ordinance, no action or suit shall lie against the Government or against any other person for any loss or damage suffered by any person as the result of the acquisition of any land under this Ordinance.
(Amended 62 of 2000 s. 3)

13. Evidence, notices, etc.
(1) In any acquisition order or notice under section 4, it shall be sufficient to state that the acquisition of the land is required for a public purpose, without stating the particular purpose for which the land is required; and a notice containing such statement shall be conclusive evidence that the acquisition is for a public purpose.
(2) Where, under this Ordinance, notice is required to be served on any person—
(a) that notice shall be in writing and in both the English and Chinese languages;
(b) it shall be served on that person by delivering it to him by hand or by registered post.
(3) The Director shall not be obliged to serve any notice on any person whose address is unknown and cannot reasonably be ascertained.
(4) A certificate purporting to be signed by a public officer shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein relating to the service, giving, publication or affixing of any notice.
(5) The acquisition or vesting of any land under this Ordinance shall not be affected by—
(a) any defect in a notice required under this Ordinance; or
(b) any failure to serve, publish or affix any notice under this Ordinance.

### Land Acquisition (Possessory Title) Ordinance 《土地徵用(管有業權)條例》

14. Absence of authorization of expenditure for works not prevent certain matters
The fact that the expenditure for any works for carrying out the public purpose for which any land is to be acquired has not been approved or authorized under the Public Finance Ordinance (Cap. 2) or any other enactment does not prevent—
(a) the decision to acquire the land under section 3(1);
(b) the making of an acquisition order for the acquisition of the land under section 3(1) or (2);
(c) the publication of a notice of the acquisition order for the acquisition of the land under section 4; or
(d) the provision of any compensation (whether monetary or non-monetary) or any financial or other assistance, whether or not under an enactment, in connection with the acquisition of the land.
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 40)

15. Transitional provisions for Development (Town Planning, Lands and Works) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2023
(1) If any land has vested in the Government under section 5 before 1 September 2023, sections 9 and 10 as in force immediately before that date continue to apply in relation to the compensation in respect of the acquisition of the land as if sections 37 and 38 of the Amendment Ordinance had not been enacted.
(2) In section 3(2), a reference to an authorization made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 3(1) or (2) of the Lands Resumption Ordinance (Cap. 124) includes a decision made by the Chief Executive in Council under section 3 of that Ordinance as in force immediately before 1 September 2023.
(3) In this section—
Amendment Ordinance (《修訂條例》) means the Development (Town Planning, Lands and Works) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2023 (25 of 2023).
(Added 25 of 2023 s. 40)

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

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Land Registration Regulations.

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

4. Opening of Land Registry to the public
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), such part of the Land Registry as may be set aside for the purpose by the Land Registrar shall be open to the public—
(a) between 9 a.m. and 1.30 p.m. on Monday to Friday other than a public holiday for the purpose of delivering instruments for registration; and
(b) between 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. and between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday to Friday other than a public holiday for other purposes. (L.N. 353 of 1994; L.N. 36 of 2007)
(2) The Land Registrar may in his discretion vary the hours of opening under paragraph (1).
(3) Except as provided by and in accordance with this regulation no part of the Land Registry shall be open to the public.
(4) The Land Registrar shall place and maintain a notice at or near the entrance to the Land Registry indicating the part or parts of the Land Registry open to the public and the hours during which such part or parts are open.
(8 of 1993 s. 30)

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

5. Delivery and form of memorial
(1) Registration of an instrument under the Ordinance shall be effected by delivering into the Land Registry such instrument together with a memorial thereof in the form specified and provided by the Land Registrar and by compliance with the Ordinance and these regulations. (L.N. 353 of 1994; 20 of 2002 s. 5) 
(2) A memorial shall, unless the Land Registrar otherwise permits, be on paper of A4 size. (L.N. 211 of 1986; L.N. 445 of 1996)
(3) Delivery of an instrument and memorial into the Land Registry may be effected by—
(a) personal delivery; or
(b) sending the instrument and memorial by post. (L.N. 353 of 1994) 
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the delivery of an instrument or memorial into the Land Registry by post shall be regarded as having been effected when the instrument or memorial is received by the Land Registrar. (L.N. 353 of 1994) 
(5) For the purposes of these regulations, the date of receipt of an instrument or memorial sent to the Land Registrar by post shall—
(a) where the instrument or memorial is received by the Land Registrar before 1.30 p.m. on any day on which the Land Registry is open to the public, be that day;
(b) where the instrument or memorial is received by the Land Registrar— (L.N. 36 of 2007)
(i) after 1.30 p.m. on any day on which the Land Registry is open to the public; or
(ii) on any day on which the Land Registry is not open to the public, 
be deemed to be the next following day on which the Land Registry is open to the public. (L.N. 353 of 1994; L.N. 36 of 2007) 
(8 of 1993 s. 30)