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LAND TITLES ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 26 of 2004
A1347
(c) evidence of the summary administration, under section 15 of the Probate and Administration Ordinance (Cap. 10), of the estate,

of the deceased owner of registered land or a registered charge, or the deceased lessee of a registered long term lease, and includes the resealing of the grant.

65. Transmission on death of trustee

Where a trustee who in that capacity is registered as the owner of registered land or a registered charge dies, or where a trustee who in that capacity is registered as the trustee of a registered long term lease dies, his personal representative or any surviving or newly appointed trustee shall, on the presentation to the Registrar of such evidence as the Registrar requires, be entitled to be registered as the owner of the land or charge, or as the lessee of the lease, in the place of the deceased, with the addition after his English name of the words “as trustee” and with the addition after his Chinese name of the words “作為受託人”.

66. Effect of transmission on death and dealing by personal representative

A personal representative who in that capacity is registered as the owner of registered land or a registered charge, or as the lessee of a registered long term lease shall—

(a) be subject to any interests to which the land, charge or lease is subject at the time of registration of the personal representative as the owner or lessee, as the case may be; and
(b) without prejudice to paragraph (a), for the purposes of any dealing in the land, charge or lease, have—
(i) unrestricted power of sale over the land, charge or lease;
(ii) all the rights conferred under this Ordinance or any other enactment on the owner of registered land or a registered charge, or the lessee of a registered long term lease, as the case may be, who has acquired the land, charge or lease for valuable consideration.

67. Transmission on bankruptcy

(1) A trustee in bankruptcy shall, on the presentation to the Registrar of a sealed copy of the order of the Court—

(a) adjudging the owner of registered land or a registered charge bankrupt, or the lessee of a registered long term lease bankrupt; or