Cap. 128 sub. leg. B

Land Registration Fees Regulations(Cap. 128, section 27) [1 April 1958](Format changes—E.R. 6 of 2019) 1. Citation These regulations may be cited as the Land Registration Fees Regulations. 1A. Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—computer printout (電腦印製本) has the meaning assigned by regulation 2 of the Land Registration Regulations (Cap. 128 sub. leg. A); (L.N. 248 of 1986)instrument (文書) includes any deed, conveyance, lis pendens, judgment or other instrument in writing. (56 of 1992 s. 18; E.R. 6 of 2019)(L.N. 139 of 1981; 20 of 2002 s. 5) 2. Fees payable (1) The fees set forth in the Schedule shall be taken in the Land Registry for the matters therein mentioned. (L.N. 35 of 1996)(2) (Repealed L.N. 35 of 1996)(3) A fee to be taken pursuant to this regulation in respect of any instrument delivered or redelivered for registration shall be paid by the person for whose benefit or on whose behalf the instrument is so delivered or redelivered. (L.N. 139 of 1981)(8 of 1993 s. 30) 3. Power to grant exemption The Land Registrar may waive any fee required to be taken in respect of any of the matters mentioned in the Schedule if he is satisfied that the fee would, if charged, be paid out of the general revenue.(56 of 1980 s. 12; 8 of 1993 s. 30; L.N. 35 of 1996) 4. Duty to grant exemption (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Land Registrar shall waive the fee required to be taken under—(a) item 10 of the Schedule for supplying a copy of any register card; or (20 of 2002 s. 5)(b) item 11 of the Schedule for supplying information, (20 of 2002 s. 5)(c) (Repealed 20 of 2002 s. 5)if he is satisfied that the copy or information, as the case may be, is required in connection with a proposed incorporation of owners under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344). (L.N. 35 of 1996)(2) The fee required to be taken but waived under paragraph (1) shall be paid by the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs out of the general revenue. (L.N. 35 of 1996; L.N. 144 of 2022)(L.N. 320 of 1994) Schedule [regs. 2, 3 & 4] 1. Registration of any instrument (except as hereinafter specifically mentioned) whereby the legal or equitable estate in any property, or in any share or interest in any property, is assigned, conveyed, settled, partitioned, mortgaged, charged, reassigned, discharged, released or otherwise transferred including any instrument exempted from stamp duty under section 46 of the Stamp Duty Ordinance (Cap. 117)— Where the amount or value of the consideration or value of the property or share or interest affected— (a) does not exceed $750,000 $305 (b) exceeds $750,000 $605 (L.N. 145 of 1996) 2. Registration of any agreement for sale and purchase or for mortgage $375 3. Registration of any lease, agreement for a lease, or renewal or surrender of a lease $375 4. Registration of any deed of mutual covenant, its sub-deed or sub-sub-deed or any supplemental deed thereof— Where the number of property units thereunder is— (a) 10 or less $1,000 (b) more than 10 $2,000 (L.N. 145 of 1996) 5. Registration of any probate, letters of administration, deed of appointment of new trustees, lis pendens, writ of foreign attachment, judgment, decree, prohibitory order, or other order of Court, certificate of satisfaction of a judgment or of dissolution of a writ of foreign attachment, or any other instrument whatsoever not otherwise specifically mentioned in this Schedule $375 6. Registration of any instrument whereby any charge or mortgage, whether legal or equitable, on any property or on any share or interest in any property is assigned or transferred— per 100 charges or mortgages or part thereof assigned or transferred $3,540 7. Receiving for registration any instrument withheld from registration and subsequently redelivered for registration, whether for the first or any subsequent time, in addition to the fees already paid under item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6— For each period of 28 days or any part thereof during which the instrument is not so redelivered, the first such period commencing on— (a) the day upon which the instrument is collected under regulation 15(3) of the Land Registration Regulations (Cap. 128 sub. leg. A); (b) (where the instrument is returned by post under regulation 15 of those regulations) the date impressed on or indicated by the relevant postage stamp or the date of delivery to the provider of the courier service concerned $200 8. A search in the Land Registry— (a) for each memorial or Government lease $10 (b) for each Memorial Day Book $150 9. Supplying any information contained in any Memorial Day Book in respect of each memorial in any form by any method $10 10. Supplying a copy, or a hard copy from a microfilm, of the register card(s) of a property $30 11. Supplying information in the form of a computer printout or any other form indicating— (a) current particulars of a property $10 (b) historical and current particulars of a property $25 12. (Repealed 20 of 2002 s. 5) 13. Supplying a copy, imaged copy, or a hard copy from a microfilm, or in any form by any method, of the whole document of any instrument, memorial or Government lease— (a) for each memorial and any instrument annexed thereto supplied $100 (b) for each Government lease supplied $120 (c) for each sheet or portion thereof from other instrument supplied $10 14. Supplying a copy, imaged copy, or a hard copy from a microfilm, or in any form by any method— (a) of a plan or plans attached to a memorial or a Government lease, per memorial or Government lease $15 (b) of other plans, per plan $15 (c) of a memorial $10 (d) of a letter or letters of compliance attached to a Government lease, per Government lease $10 (e) of a page of a Block Government Lease, per page $10 15. (Repealed 20 of 2002 s. 5) 16. Supplying a coloured plan $150 17. Certifying as a true copy $150 (L.N. 35 of 1996; 29 of 1998 s. 105; 20 of 2002 s. 5; L.N. 193 of 2004; L.N. 79 of 2025)