### Societies Ordinance 《社團條例》

42. Transitional
(1) Nothing in section 1(2) of the Societies (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 1988 (71 of 1988) shall affect any legal proceedings commenced on or before 21 June 1988 in respect of which any non-compliance with this Ordinance by a partnership has been expressly put in issue on or before that date. (71 of 1988 s. 1(3) incorporated. Amended 75 of 1992 s. 31) 
(2) Any local society which has, before the commencement of the amending Ordinance, submitted an application for registration or for exemption from registration under this Ordinance but which has not been registered or exempted shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to have complied with section 5, and the Societies Officer shall enter the particulars of the society in the list of societies kept under section 11. (Added 75 of 1992 s. 31) 
(3) A society registered under this Ordinance before the commencement of the amending Ordinance shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to have complied with section 5, and the Societies Officer shall enter the particulars of the society in the list of societies kept under section 11. (Added 75 of 1992 s. 31) 
(4) A society exempted from registration by an order made under this Ordinance before the commencement of the amending Ordinance shall, as from such commencement, be deemed to have complied with section 5, and the Societies Officer shall enter the particulars of the society in the list of societies kept under section 11. (Added 75 of 1992 s. 31) 
(5) In this section, amending Ordinance (修訂條例) means the Societies (Amendment ) Ordinance 1992 (75 of 1992). (Added 75 of 1992 s. 31) 

43. Further transitional arrangements
A society which has notified the Societies Officer under section 5 of the Societies Ordinance (Cap. 151) before 1 July 1997 is taken to have complied with the registration requirements on 1 July 1997 as required under the Societies (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (118 of 1997) and is taken to be a registered society and is subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(Added 118 of 1997 s. 16)

### New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance 《新界土地契約(續期)條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 6 of 2021)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 6 of 2021)

2. Application
This Ordinance applies to every New Territories lease that exists at the commencement* of this section and that, but for this Ordinance, would expire before 30 June 1997, not being—
(a) a short term tenancy;
(b) a lease for special purposes; or
(c) a lease in respect of which the lessee registers a memorandum under section 5.

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 26 February 1988.

3. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance—
*appointed day (指定日期) means the day appointed (words omitted as spent—E.R. 6 of 2021) for section 6 to come into operation;
Land Registry register (土地註冊處註冊紀錄冊) means the register that is kept in the Land Registry, under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128), in respect of land that is the subject of a New Territories lease; (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2)
lease for special purposes (特殊用途契約) means—
(a) a lease that satisfies the description in subsection (2) but is not—
(i) a short term tenancy;
(ii) a lease of any of the lots specified in Part II of the Schedule; or
(iii) a lease granted to the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the MTR Corporation Limited, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation or the Hong Kong Housing Society; (Amended 13 of 2000 s. 65)
(b) a lease of any of the lots specified in Part I of the Schedule;

New Territories lease (新界契約) and lease (契約) mean a lease of land in the New Territories granted by or on behalf of the Governor and include an agreement to grant such a lease;
short term tenancy (短期租約) means a lease expressed to be granted for a term of not more than 7 years; and in calculating that period for the purpose of this definition there shall be excluded any extension or renewal of the lease that has occurred, or may occur, by virtue of the exercise of any right.
(2) The lease description referred to in the definition of lease for special purposes

### New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance 《新界土地契約(續期)條例》

4. Note to be made in Land Office register of all special purpose leases
(1) Where a lease is a lease for special purposes, the Land Officer shall make a note to that effect in the Land Office register before the appointed day.
(2) A lease shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be conclusively deemed—
(a) to be a lease for special purposes if, before the appointed day, a note has been made by the Land Officer in the Land Office register to the effect that it is such a lease;
(b) not to be a lease for special purposes if no such note has been made by the Land Officer in the Land Office register by the appointed day.

5. Option by the lessee
(1) A lessee may exclude from the application of this Ordinance his interest under a lease, other than an undivided share in the land to which the lease relates, by registering in the Land Office register, before the appointed day, a memorandum in a form specified by the Land Officer.
(2) In this section lessee (承租人)—
(a) means a person whose name is registered in the Land Office as owner, leaseholder or holder; and
(b) where more than one person is so registered in respect of the same interest or, in addition to any person so registered, any other person has an interest under—
(i) an agreement for sale; or
(ii) a mortgage,
registered in the Land Office, means all of them acting jointly.

6. Extension of leases
The term of a lease to which this Ordinance applies is extended, from the date on which it would, apart from this Ordinance, expire, until the expiry of 30 June 2047, without payment of any additional premium.

### New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance 《新界土地契約(續期)條例》

10. Breaches of covenants
Nothing in this Ordinance shall constitute a waiver of any right arising out of a breach of a covenant committed before the appointed day.

11. Power to make regulations
The Chief Executive in Council may by regulation— (Amended 40 of 1999 s. 3)
(a)-(h) (Repealed 53 of 1997 s. 58)(i) provide for entries to be made in the Land Registry register; (Amended 8 of 1993 s. 2)
(j) (Repealed 53 of 1997 s. 58)(k) prescribe forms; and
(l) generally, provide for the better carrying out of the provisions and purposes of this Ordinance.