Hong Kong Regulations

JUDICIAL OFFICERS (TRIBUNAL) RULES - SECT 7

Assistance to Tribunal

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 26 of 1999 s. 3

(1) Where the Tribunal is of the opinion that it would facilitate or expedite
its investigation or that it would help to ensure the fair and efficient
conduct of its proceedings it may-

   (a)  request the Secretary for Justice to nominate a legal officer

(as defined in section 2 of the Legal Officers Ordinance ( Cap 87)), serving
in the Department of Justice; or (L.N. 362 of 1997; 26 of 1999 s. 3)

   (b)  employ a barrister or solicitor, to assist it.

(2) A barrister or solicitor employed by the Tribunal under subsection (1)(b)
shall be employed on such terms and conditions as to remuneration as may be
approved by the Chief Justice. (Enacted 1996)