Hong Kong Regulations

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ELECTION PETITION) RULES - RULE 9

Grounds of objection to recognizance

(1) The respondent to a petition may, at the hearing of the summons issued
under rule 7(2), object to any recognizance on the grounds that the amount of
any security is insufficient, or that any surety is dead, or cannot be found,
or cannot be ascertained for want of a sufficient description in the notice
served under rule 6 or in the copy of the affidavit served under rule 8(2).

(2) The Court may, at any time during the hearing of a petition, increase the
amount of security ordered on an application under rule 7(1), subject to the
maximum amount specified in section 66 of the Ordinance, and give directions
as to the manner and form of giving such increased security.