Hong Kong Regulations

COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES RULES - RULE 9

Time limits

(1) Subject to subrule (2), the time limit within which there must be made or
instituted a claim for costs by a claimant under rule 6, an application by an
applicant for a review under rule 8, or a request by an applicant or any
interested party for the taxing authority to give reasons for its decision on
a review under rule 8 can on application, for good reason, be extended by the
taxing authority.

(2) Where a claimant, an applicant or any interested party, as the case may
be, without good reason has failed, or, if an extension were not granted,
would fail, to comply with a time limit of the description mentioned in
subrule (1), the taxing authority can on application, in exceptional
circumstances, extend the time limit for a further period not exceeding 21
days. (Enacted 1997)