Hong Kong Regulations

HONG KONG COURT OF FINAL APPEAL RULES - SCHEDULE 2

RULES AS TO PREPARATION OF RECORD AND CASE

[rules 27, 30, 31 & 33]

PART I-VOLUMES

1. Volumes of the Record shall be bound or enclosed in lever arch or "D" ring
files of a quality satisfactory to the Registrar, or in a manner satisfactory
to the Registrar. 2. The Case shall be bound with plastic comb binding in
white covers of thin cardboard or fibre board substance, or plastic material
of similar thickness and flexibility, or bound in such other manner or with
such other material as is satisfactory to the Registrar. 3. The title and
number of the appeal and a brief description of the contents of the volume
shall be printed on the front cover of each volume of the Record and Case.

PART II-RECORD

4. The Record shall be divided into 2 Parts, Part A and Part B.

PART A

5. The documents included in Part A shall, as far as practicable, be included
in 1 volume. 6. The documents shall be arranged in chronological order with
the pages numbered consecutively. 7. The documents shall be properly indexed
and the index placed at the beginning of the volume. 8. Where more than 1
volume is used, pagination shall be continuous and a complete index of the
contents of all the volumes shall be included in each volume.

PART B

9. The documents included in Part B shall, as far as practicable, be included
in 1 volume. 10. The documents shall be properly indexed and the index placed
at the beginning of the volume. 11. Where more than 1 volume is used, a
complete index of the contents of all the volumes shall be included in each
volume. 12. Any document included in Part B which is illegible shall be
transcribed into legible form and the transcribed version placed immediately
before the illegible copy. 13. Insofar as Part B consists of copies of the
documents before the court below, the pagination shall remain the same as it
was in that court. 14. Where documents or pages have been excluded from the
bundle which was before the court below the pages should not be renumbered.
However the fact of such exclusion shall be indicated in the index in a manner
satisfactory to the Registrar. 15. Where the Registrar has, under rule 38
directed that a document be included in the Record after the Record has been
filed, he shall also give directions as to the manner of such inclusion.