Hong Kong Regulations

THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT - ORDER 63

THE REGISTRY

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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 directions 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 kept in the
Registry for the purpose.

(HK)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 by leave of the Court given pursuant to
Order 5, rule 6(3) or Order 12, rule 1(2A), 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. (L.N. 127 of 1995)

4. Right to inspect, etc. certain documents filed in the 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.

8. Inspection, etc. of powers of attorney (O. 63 r. 8)

(1) An index shall be kept in the Registry of all powers of attorney which
have been deposited in the Registry prior to 1 October 1972.

(2) Any person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to-

   (a)  search the index;

   (b)  inspect any power of attorney and any document which has been
        deposited together with the power of attorney; and

   (c)  office copies of the power of attorney and any document relating
        thereto, and a copy of such power of attorney and document may be
        presented at the Registry to be marked as office copies.

(3) Any person shall, on payment of the prescribed fee, be entitled to-

   (a)  search the register of enduring powers of attorney kept under
        section 9(4) of the Enduring Powers of Attorney Ordinance ( Cap. 501);

   (b)  inspect any enduring power of attorney lodged under section  9 (3) of
        that Ordinance; and

   (c)  office copies of the enduring power of attorney, and a copy of such
        enduring power of attorney may be presented at the Registry to be
        marked as an office copy. (L.N. 284 of 1997)

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

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

10. Enrolment of instruments (O. 63 r. 10)

Any deed which by virtue of any written law is required or authorized to be
enrolled in the Supreme Court may be enrolled in the Registry. In this rule
"deed" (契據) includes assurances and other instruments. (Enacted 1988)
"deed" (契據)