REGISTRAR GENERAL (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDINANCE

REGISTRAR GENERAL (ESTABLISHMENT) ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 100.

REGISTRAR GENERAL (ESTABLISHMENT).

To establish the office of Registrar General, to define the duties
thereof, and to make provision incidental thereto.

[1st April, 1949.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Registrar General
(Establishment) Ordinance.

2. There shall be a Registrar General who is hereby authorized ex
officio to exercise all the powers, privileges and discretions from time
to time vested in, and to discharge the duties from time to time required
to be performed by, the offices specified in the Schedule hereto.

3. The Governor may appoint a Registrar General and may also
appoint such number of deputies under the style of deputy registrar
general as may in his opinion from time to time be required to assist the
Registrar General in the performance of his duties.

4. Any deputy appointed under section 3 may subject to any
instructions of the Governor and to the instructions of the Registrar
General exercise all the powers, privileges and discretions vested in the
Registrar General and shall subject to any such instructions discharge
such part of the duties of that office as may be assigned to him.

5. Nothing herein contained shall derogate from the provisions of
sections 2 and 9 of the New Territories Ordinance, or from the
provisions of any enactment empowering the Governor or any other
person or body to appoint a person to any of the offices specified in
the Schedule hereto or to appoint deputies and assistants to the
persons holding such offices.





6. Whenever in any enactment or instrument, whether made or
issued before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, reference
is made to any, of the offices in the Schedule hereto the same shall be
deemed to include a reference to the Registrar General.

SCHEDULE. [ss. 2, 5, 6]

Land Officer.
Registrar of Companies.
Registrar of Trade Marks and Designs.
Registrar of Patents.
Registrar of Marriages.
Official Receiver in Bankruptcy.
Official Trustee.
14 of 1949. Short title. Establishment., powers and duties of Registrar General. Appointment of Registrar General and deputies. Powers and duties of deputies. Saving. (Cap. 97.) Reference to officers in Schedule to be deemed to refer to Registrar General.

14 of 1949. Short title. Establishment., powers and duties of Registrar General. Appointment of Registrar General and deputies. Powers and duties of deputies. Saving. (Cap. 97.) Reference to officers in Schedule to be deemed to refer to Registrar General.

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