Hong Kong Ordinances

BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE - SECT 114

Fees and remuneration

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Fees and remuneration

(1) The Chief Justice may, with the approval of the Legislative Council, by
order prescribe a scale of fees and percentages to be charged for or in
respect of proceedings under this Ordinance. (Amended 39 of 1987 s. 4)

(2) The court may remit the payment of any particular fee or fees due from any
debtor, or any part thereof, either absolutely or on such terms as it may
think fit.

(3) The amount of any fees prescribed under this section shall not be limited
by reference to the amount of administrative or other costs incurred or likely
to be incurred by the Official Receiver in proceedings in bankruptcy or in any
particular bankruptcy. (Added 39 of 1987 s. 4)

(4) Orders made under this section may authorize the court to fix any fee or
to vary the amount of any fee otherwise prescribed. (Added 39 of 1987 s. 4)

(5) No fee prescribed under this section shall be invalid by reason only of
the amount of that fee. (Added 39 of 1987 s. 4)

(6) Fees required to be paid under orders made under this section shall be
recoverable as a debt. (Added 39 of 1987 s. 4)

(7) Orders made under this section before the commencement of the Bankruptcy
(Amendment) Ordinance 1987 (39 of 1987) and in force immediately before such
commencement, shall have effect as from the commencement of that Ordinance as
if made under this section as amended by that Ordinance. (Added 39 of 1987 s.
4) [cf. 1914 c. 59 s. 133(1) U.K.]