Title to land

(1) From and after the commencement of this Act and except in respect of national land, the legal title to all land or any interest in land shall be created either, 29 (a) by registration of the certificate of title thereto under and in accordance with the General Registry Act, Cap. 327; or (b) by recording the title deed thereto under and in accordance with Part VI of the General Registry Act, Cap. 327. (2) Such a deed shall be made according to the form in the Schedule, and, notwithstanding the repeal of the Real Property Conveyancing Ordinance taken to have the same effect and be construed as if the parties thereto had inserted in such deed the form of words ordinarily approved and adopted in England to convey an estate in fee simple, and to express that the grantor, for himself and his representatives, covenanted with the grantee and his representatives for right to convey the said premises free from encumbrances, for quiet enjoyment and for further assurance. (3) The transfer of the legal title in land or any interest in land shall operate to pass the possession thereof, without actual entry, but subject to all prior rights thereto.