Hong Kong Ordinances

SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 19/10/1999).
(Past version on 05/07/1999).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"adjudicator" (審裁官)

"Board" (仲裁處)

"claim" (申索)

"claimant" (申索人)

"defendant" (被告人)

"deputy adjudicator" (暫委審裁官)

"Labour Tribunal" (勞資審裁處)

"Lands Tribunal" (土地審裁處)

"party" (一方)

"registrar" (司法常務官)

"representative claim" (代表申索)

"tribunal" (審裁處) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise
requires-

"adjudicator" (審裁官) means an adjudicator appointed under section 4;
(Amended 14 of 1986 s. 2; 21 of 1999 s. 14)

"Board" (仲裁處) means the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board
established by section 3 of the Minor Employment Claims Adjudication Board 
Ordinance ( Cap 453); (Added 28 of 1999 s. 2)

"claim" (申索) includes a proceeding in the tribunal between a claimant and
a defendant; (Amended 28 of 1999 s. 2)

"claimant" (申索人) means a person bringing a claim other than-

   (a)  a defendant entering a counterclaim; and

   (b)  a person who is being represented in a representative claim;

"defendant" (被告人) means a person against whom a claim is made by a
claimant other than-

   (a)  a claimant against whom relief is sought by way of counterclaim; and

   (b)  a person who is being represented in a representative claim;

"deputy adjudicator" (暫委審裁官) means a deputy adjudicator appointed
under section 4A; (Added 14 of 1986 s. 2)

"Labour Tribunal" (勞資審裁處) means the Labour Tribunal established by
section  3 of the Labour Tribunal Ordinance ( Cap 25); (Added 28 of 1999 s. 2)

"Lands Tribunal" (土地審裁處) means the Lands Tribunal established by
section 3 of the Lands Tribunal Ordinance ( Cap 17); (Added 28 of 1999 s. 2)

"party" (一方) means a claimant or defendant and any person joined as a
third party;

"registrar" (司法常務官) means the Registrar of the District Court;
(Amended 28 of 2000 s. 47)

"representative claim" (代表申索) means a claim brought in the name of one
claimant on behalf of himself and one or more other claimants;

"tribunal" (審裁處) means the Small Claims Tribunal established by
section 3.