Hong Kong Regulations

THE RULES OF THE DISTRICT COURT - ORDER 63

REGISTRY

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2. Practice master (O. 63, r. 2)

Subject to the direction of the Registrar, one of the masters shall be present
at the Registry on every day on which the Registry is open for the purpose of
superintending the business performed there and giving any direction which may
be required on questions of practice and procedure.

3. Date of filing to be marked, etc. (O. 63, r. 3)

(1) Any document filed in the Registry in any proceedings must be marked
showing the date on which the document was filed.

(2) Particulars of the time of delivery at the Registry of any document for
filing, the date of the document and the title of the cause or matter of which
the document forms part of the record shall be entered in books or any
computer records kept in the Registry for the purpose.

(3) The books kept in the Registry may be in written form or in such other
form or medium which can be reproduced in written form.

3A. Filing of documents in the Registry (O. 63, r. 3A)

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to Order 12, rule 1(3), any document to be
filed in court in accordance with these Rules or by order of the Court shall
be filed by delivering such document to the Registry by hand.

(2) When any document is to be filed by a litigant in person, not being a
director representing a body corporate, such document may be filed by sending
it by post to the Registry, and the date of filing thereof shall be the date
the document is received by the Registry.

4. Right to inspect, etc. certain documents
filed in Registry (O. 63, r. 4)

(1) Any person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled during
such hours as the Registrar may direct to search for, inspect and obtain a
copy of any of the following documents filed in the Registry, namely-

   (a)  the copy of any writ of summons or other originating process;

   (b)  any judgment or order given or made in Court or the copy of any such
        judgment or order; and

   (c)  with the leave of the Court, which may be granted on an application
        made ex parte, any other document.

(2) Nothing in the foregoing provisions shall be taken as preventing any party
to a cause or matter searching for, inspecting and obtaining a copy of any
affidavit or other document filed in the Registry in that cause or matter or
filed therein before the commencement of that cause or matter but made with a
view to its commencement.

5. Deposit of documents (O. 63, r. 5)

Where the Court orders any documents to be lodged in court, they must, unless
otherwise directed, be deposited in the Registry.

9. Restriction on removal of documents (O. 63, r. 9)

No document filed in or in the custody of the Registry shall be taken out of
that Registry without the leave of the Court.