Hong Kong Ordinances Hong Kong Ordinances
- CHAPTER 336
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Establishment of the District Court, and its general jurisdiction
4. Constitution of the District Court
5. Professional qualifications of District Judges
6. Disposal of proceedings
7. Appointment of deputy District Judges
8. Power of deputy District Judge in part-heard cases
9. Jurisdiction in part-heard cases of magistrates appointed to be
judges
10. Jurisdiction in part-heard cases of judges appointed to be High
Court Judges or Court of First Instance deputy judges
11. (Repealed 47 of 1997 s. 10)
11A. Term of office of District Judges
12. Distribution and disposal of business of the Court
13. Seal of the Court
14. Officers of the Court
14A. Appointment of temporary deputy registrars
14AA. Professional qualifications of Registrar, deputy registrars and
assistant registrars
14AB. Appointment of temporary registrar
14B. Appointment of temporary assistant registrars
14C. Powers of temporary registrar, etc. in case which is part-heard on
termination of appointment
15. Right of audience
16. Prohibition of proceedings in error
17. District Court Rules Committee
18. Transfer of unclaimed moneys in Court
19. (Repealed 59 of 1981 s. 4)
20. Committal for contempt
21. (Repealed 13 of 1995 s. 46)
22. Enforcement of liability for fees
23. Enforcement of fines and forfeited recognizances
24. Enforcement of orders and warrants for imprisonment
25. Registrar to take charge of fees, etc.
26. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 15)
27. Falsely pretending to act under authority of the Court
28. Falsely representing documents to have been issued from the Court
29. Rescuing goods
31. Revocation of committal order
32. General jurisdiction in actions of contract, quasi-contract and tort
33. Money recoverable by enactment
34. Abandonment of part of claim to give Court jurisdiction
35. Jurisdiction for recovery of land
36. Jurisdiction where title in question
37. Equity jurisdiction
37A. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 23)
38. Jurisdiction under the Married Persons Status Ordinance
39. Counterclaims
40. Saving
42. Transfer to the Court of First Instance of proceedings within the
jurisdiction of the Court
43. Transfer to the Court from the Court of First Instance of
proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Court
44. Transfer to the Court from the Court of First Instance where the
parties consent
44A. Costs in transferred cases, etc.
45. Division of causes of action
46. Infancy no defence
47A. Power of the Court to order disclosure, etc. of documents before
commencement of proceedings
47B. Extension of powers of the Court to order disclosure of documents,
inspection of property, etc.
47C. Provisions supplementary to sections 47A and 47B
47D. Powers of the Court exercisable before commencement of action
47E. Application to Government of sections 47A to 47D
48. General ancillary jurisdiction
48A. Power to award damages as well as, or in substitution for,
injunction or specific performance
48B. Contempt of Court
49. Interest on claims for debt and damages
50. Interest on judgments
51. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 24)
52. Extension of jurisdiction to grant injunctions and to make
declarations
52A. Power of Court to impose charging order
52AA. Property which may be charged
52AB. Provisions supplementary to sections 52A and 52B
52B. Injunction and receivers
52C. Attachment of debts
52D. No arrest or imprisonment without order
52E. Prohibition on debtor leaving Hong Kong
53. Costs
54. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 29)
55. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 29)
56. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 29)
57. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 29)
58. Assessors
60. Oral and written judgments, etc.
61. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 32)
62. Death or absence of judge before conclusion of trial
63. Appeal to Court of Appeal
64. Powers of Court of Appeal on appeal
65. Procedure on appeal
66. Stay of execution on appeal
66A. Penalty for neglect of witness summons
66B. Witness expenses
67. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 36)
68. Priority of Court of First Instance and court executions
68A. Effect of writs of execution against goods
68B. Sale of property in execution of judgment
69. Relief against forfeiture by action for non-payment of rent
69A. Service of writ in lieu of demand
69C. Interpretation and application of this section and sections 69, 69A
and 69B
70. Solicitors
71. Protection of judges
71A. Registrar may apply for order
71B. Protection of Registrar
72. Rules of court
72A. Rules for commencing proceedings for estates of deceased persons
72B. Rules as to proof of facts and admission of statements in civil
proceedings
72C. Rules as to stop orders and notices
72E. Orders for provisional damages for personal injuries
73. Suitors' Funds Rules
73A. Amendments of limits of jurisdiction and other amounts
73B. Rules in relation to jurisdiction under Sex Discrimination Ordinance
73C. Rules in relation to jurisdiction under Disability Discrimination
Ordinance
73D. Rules in relation to jurisdiction under Family Status Discrimination
Ordinance
74. Criminal jurisdiction
75. Procedure upon transfer of charge or complaint
75A. Notice of alibi
76. Nolle prosequi
77. Signing and form of charge sheet
77A. Transfer of proceedings
77B. Procedure following an order of transfer
77C. Application may be made in a multi-defendant or multi-charge
situation
78. Limitation on prosecutions
79. Procedure and practice of the Court in its criminal jurisdiction
79A. Plea by corporation
80. Verdict
81. Court may take into consideration outstanding offences on application
of accused and consent of prosecution
82. Penalties
83. Appeals
84. Appeal by way of case stated
85. Aiders and abettors
86. Seizure of property
87. Criminal Procedure Rules
88. Saving of prerogative of mercy
89. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 43)
90. (Repealed 28 of 2000 s. 44)
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