Hong Kong Ordinances

ENDURING POWERS OF ATTORNEY ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Functions of court in relation to enduring power

(1) The court may on the application of an interested party-

   (a)  require the attorney under an enduring power to produce records and
        accounts and make an order for their auditing;

   (b)  revoke an enduring power or vary an enduring power; or

   (c)  if satisfied that the interests of the donor of an enduring  power so
        require it, remove the attorney.

(2) The attorney under an enduring power may apply to the court for directions
on the meaning and scope of the authority of the power.

(3) The court may relieve the attorney under an enduring power wholly or
partly from any liability which he has or may have incurred on account of a
breach of his duties as attorney, if it appears to the court that the attorney
has acted honestly and reasonably.

(4) The court shall cancel the registration of an instrument creating an
enduring power-

   (a)  where the enduring power has expired or is revoked under section 13;

   (b)  where it confirms, under section 17, the revocation of the
        enduring power; or

   (c)  where the attorney is removed under subsection (1)(c).