Hong Kong Regulations

THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT - ORDER 9

PETITIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

1. Application (O. 9 r. 1)

Rules 2 to 4 apply to petitions by which civil proceedings in the High Court
are begun, subject, in the case of petitions of any particular class, to any
special provisions relating to petitions of that class made by these rules or
by or under any written law.

2. Contents of petition (O. 9 r. 2)

(1) Every petition must include a concise statement of the nature of the claim
made or the relief or remedy required in the proceedings begun thereby.

(2) Every petition must include at the end thereof a statement of the names of
the persons, if any, required to be served therewith or, if no person is
required to be served, a statement to that effect.

(3) Order 6, rule 5, shall, with the necessary modifications, apply in
relation to a petition as it applies in relation to a writ.

3. Presentation of petition (O. 9 r. 3)

A petition may be presented by leaving it at the Registry.

4. Fixing time for hearing petition (O. 9 r. 4)

(1) A day and time for the hearing of a petition which is required to be heard
shall be fixed by the Registrar.

(2) Unless the Court otherwise directs, a petition which is required to be
served on any person must be served on him not less than seven days before the
day fixed for the hearing of the petition.

5. Certain applications not to be made by petition (O. 9 r. 5)

No application in any cause or matter may be made by petition. (Enacted 1988)