Hong Kong Ordinances

HONG KONG COURT OF FINAL APPEAL ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/07/1997).

(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires- (Amended 120 of
1997 s. 2)

"Appeal Committee" (上訴委員會) means the Appeal Committee established
under section 18;

"barrister" (大律師) has the same meaning as in the Legal Practitioners 
Ordinance ( Cap 159);

"Chief Justice" (首席法官) means the Chief Justice of the Court; (Amended
120 of 1997 s. 4)

"civil cause or matter" (民事訟案或事項) means a cause or matter other
than a criminal cause or matter;

"Court" (終審法院、終審法院審判庭) means the Hong Kong Court of
Final Appeal;

"High Court" (高等法院) means the High Court which consists of the Court
of First Instance and the Court of Appeal; (Amended 120 of 1997 s. 2)

"judge" (法官) means a judge of the Court, including the Chief Justice, a
permanent judge and a non-permanent judge; (Amended 120 of 1997 s. 4)

"judge from another common law jurisdiction"
(其他普通法適用地區法官) means a judge appointed as a
judge from another common law jurisdiction under section  9 ; (Amended 120 of
1997 s. 4)

"Justice of Appeal" (上訴法庭法官) means a Justice of Appeal of the
Court of Appeal; (Added 120 of 1997 s. 2)

"legal officer in the Department of Justice" (律政司的律政人員) means
a person holding one of the offices in the Department of Justice mentioned in
Schedule 1 to the Legal Officers Ordinance ( Cap 87); (Amended 120 of 1997 s.
2; 42 of 2000 s. 31)

"non-permanent Hong Kong judge" (非常任香港法官) means a judge
appointed as a non-permanent Hong Kong judge under section 8; (Amended 120 of
1997 s. 4)

"non-permanent judge" (非常任法官) means a non-permanent Hong Kong judge
or a judge appointed as a judge from another common law jurisdiction; (Amended
120 of 1997 s. 4)

"permanent judge" (常任法官) means a judge appointed as a permanent judge
under section 7; (Amended 120 of 1997 s. 4)

"Region" (香港特區) means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of
the People's Republic of China; (Added 120 of 1997 s. 2)

"Registrar" (司法常務官) means the Registrar of the Court appointed under
section 42;

"solicitor" (律師) has the same meaning as in the Legal Practitioners 
Ordinance ( Cap 159).

(2) In this Ordinance, a reference to the Court of First Instance includes the
High Court which was in operation before 1 July 1997. (Added 120 of 1997 s. 2)

"Appeal Committee" (上訴委員會)

"barrister" (大律師)

"Chief Justice" (首席法官)

"civil cause or matter" (民事訟案或事項)

"Court" (終審法院、終審法院審判庭)

"High Court" (高等法院)

"judge" (法官)

"judge from another common law jurisdiction"
(其他普通法適用地區法官)

"Justice of Appeal" (上訴法庭法官)

"legal officer in the Department of Justice" (律政司的律政人員)

"non-permanent Hong Kong judge" (非常任香港法官)

"non-permanent judge" (非常任法官)

"permanent judge" (常任法官)

"Region" (香港特區)

"Registrar" (司法常務官)

"solicitor" (律師)