9. Effect of certification of strata plan

Terms defined in s 2

• Commissioner

  Commissioner

  Defined · s 2

  “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Land, being the officer appointed as the head of the Land Department and includes any person for the time being lawfully exercising his powers;

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• common property

  common property

  Defined · s 2

  “common property” means common property within the meaning of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 8;

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• land

  land

  Defined · s 2

  “land” includes land of any tenure, any building or parts thereof, the air space above the surface, the surface of the land and such of the subsoil as is occupied by any buildings and related structures, but excludes the right to all minerals and mineral products including oil and gas;

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• lot

  lot

  Defined · s 2

  “lot” means the whole of a separate area of land having a government survey lot number and registered with the Land Office;

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• original proprietor

  original proprietor

  Defined · s 2

  “original proprietor” means in relation to land being subdivided under this Act, the person who is immediately before the certification of a strata plan by the Commissioner, the proprietor of a lot and includes any successor in title, whether by operation of law or otherwise, of the original proprietor;

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• proprietor

  proprietor

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  “proprietor”, in relation to any unit, means the person for the time being registered as proprietor of the stratum estate in the unit, provided that in sections 37, 38 and 49, where a person is in actual occupation of a unit under a binding agreement for sale and purchase, unless the context otherwise requires, the term

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• strata plan

  strata plan

  Defined · s 2

  “strata plan” means a plan that has been or is intended to be certified under section 9;

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• stratum estate

  stratum estate

  Defined · s 2

  “stratum estate” means a stratum estate within the meaning of subsection (2) of section 9;

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• unit

  unit

  Defined · s 2

  “unit”, in relation to any land, means a part of the land consisting of a space of any shape situated on or above the surface of the land, or below the surface of the land to the extent that any buildings or related structures occupy the subsoil, or partly in one such situation and partly in another or others, all the dimensions of which are limited, and that is designed for separate ownership;

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