Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 3

Establishment of the District Court, and its general jurisdiction

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART II

THE DISTRICT COURT

(1) A court known as the District Court is established. (Replaced 28 of 2000
s. 4)

(2) The Court shall be a court of record and shall have such civil and
criminal jurisdiction and powers as are conferred upon it by this Ordinance
and by any other enactment for the time being in force. (Amended 21 of 1962 s.
3)

(3) The jurisdiction and powers conferred by any other enactment for the time
being in force shall be subject only to such limitations as such enactment may
provide or may have provided. (Added 20 of 1963 s. 3)

(1 of 1953 s. 3 incorporated)