Hong Kong Ordinances

HIGH COURT ORDINANCE

- CHAPTER 4

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
   2.      Interpretation
   3.      High Court
   4.      Constitution of Court of First Instance
   5.      Constitution of Court of Appeal
   6.      Appointment of judges
   6A.     Appointment of recorders
   6B.     Appointment of judges and recorders may be retrospective
   7.      Precedence
   8.      Acting appointments
   9.      Professional qualifications of judges
   10.     Appointment of deputy judges
   11.     Powers of recorders and deputy judges in cases which are part-heard
           on termination of appointment
   11A.    Term of office of judges
   12.     Jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
   12A.    Admiralty jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
   12B.    Mode of exercise of Admiralty jurisdiction
   12C.    Restrictions on entertainment of actions in personam in collision and
           other similar cases
   12D.    Court of First Instance not to have jurisdiction in cases within
           Rhine Navigation Convention
   12E.    Supplementary provisions as to Admiralty jurisdiction
   13.     Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
   14.     Appeals in civil matters
   14A.    Appeal from order on application for judicial review in criminal
           cause or matter
   15.     Application for new trial
   16.     Law and equity to be administered in High Court
   17.     Power to award damages as well as, or in substitution for,
           injunction or specific performance
   18.     (Repealed 52 of 1987 s. 12)
   19.     (Repealed 52 of 1987 s. 12)
   20.     Power of Court of First Instance to impose charging order
   20A.    Property which may be charged
   20B.    Provisions supplementary to sections 20 and 20A
   21.     Attachment of debts
   21A.    No arrest or imprisonment without order
   21B.    Prohibition on debtor leaving Hong Kong
   21C.    Effect of writs of execution against goods
   21D.    Sale of property in execution of judgment
   21E.    Enforcement of fines and forfeited recognizances
   21F.    Relief against forfeiture by action for non-payment of rent
   21I.    Orders of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari
   21J.    Injunction to restrain persons acting in offices in which they are
           not entitled to act
   21K.    Application for judicial review
   21L.    Injunction and receiver
   22.     (Repealed 52 of 1987 s. 19)
   22A.    Applications for, and issue of, writs of habeas corpus
   23.     Restriction on repeated applications for habeas corpus
   24.     Appeal in habeas corpus proceedings
   25.     Power of Court of First Instance to vary sentence on certiorari
   25A.    Execution of instruments by order of Court of First Instance
   26.     Wards of court
   27.     Vexatious litigants
   28.     Sittings of High Court and distribution of business
   29.     Vacations
   30.     Business in vacations
   31.     Computation of vacation period and validity of acts therein
   32.     Proceedings in Court of First Instance to be disposed of by single
           judge
   32A.    Proceedings in court and in chambers
   33A.    Trial by jury in the Court of First Instance
   34.     Sittings of Court of Appeal
   34A.    Powers of single Justice of Appeal in Court of Appeal in its
           criminal jurisdiction
   34B.    Composition of Court of Appeal in its civil jurisdiction
   35.     Powers of single judge in Court of Appeal
   36.     Acts required to be done by Chief Justice may also be done by any
           judge
   37.     Registrar of High Court
   37A.    Appointment of temporary deputy registrars
   37AA.   Professional qualifications of Registrar, senior deputy registrars,
           deputy registrars and assistant registrars
   37AB.   Appointment of temporary registrar
   37AC.   Appointment of temporary senior deputy registrars
   37B.    Appointment of temporary assistant registrars
   38.     Jurisdiction, powers and duties of Registrar
   38A.    Bailiff
   39.     Protection of Registrar
   40.     Registrar may apply for order
   40A.    Powers of temporary registrar, etc. in case which is part-heard on
           termination of appointment
   41.     Power of Court of First Instance to order disclosure, etc. of
           documents before commencement of proceedings
   42.     Extension of powers of Court of First Instance to order disclosure
           of documents, inspection of property, etc.
   43.     Provisions supplementary to sections 41 and 42
   44.     Powers of Court of First Instance exercisable before commencement of
           action
   44A.    Withdrawal of privilege against incrimination of self or spouse in
           certain proceedings
   45.     Application to Government of sections 41 to 44
   46.     Writs
   47.     (Repealed 47 of 1997 s. 10)
   48.     Interest on claims for debt and damages
   49.     Interest on judgments
   50.     Appeal in cases of contempt of court
   52.     Expenses
   52A.    Costs in Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal in its civil
           jurisdiction
   53.     Assessors
   54.     Rules of court
   55.     Rules Committee
   55A.    Rules concerning commencement of proceedings in respect of estates of
           deceased persons
   55B.    Rules as to proof of facts and admission of statements in civil
           proceedings
   55C.    Rules as to stop orders and notices
   56.     Orders for interim payment
   56A.    Orders for provisional damages for personal injuries
   57.     Rules concerning deposit, etc. of moneys, etc. in High Court
   58.     (Had its effect)
   59.     Amendment of references in laws to Full Court and High Court
   60.     (Omitted as spent)
   61.     (Spent)
   62.     (Spent)
           SCHEDULE


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