Hong Kong Ordinances

DISTRICT COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 53

Costs

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The costs of and incidental to all proceedings in the Court, including the
administration of estates and trusts, are in the discretion of the Court, and
the Court has full power to determine by whom and to what extent the costs are
to be paid.

(2) Subject to specific provision made in this or any other Ordinance (other
than subsidiary legislation made under this or any other Ordinance),
subsection (1) does not authorize an award of costs against a person who is
not a party to the relevant proceedings. (Added 28 of 2000 s. 28)