Hong Kong Regulations

BANKRUPTCY RULES - RULE 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 08/07/2005).
(Past version on 01/04/1998).
(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"bankruptcy order" (破產令)

"court" (法院、法庭)

"court of appeal" (上訴法院)

"creditor" (債權人)

"debtor" (債務人)

"proof" (債權證明表)

"Registrar" (司法常務官)

"sealed" (蓋章)

"taxing officer" (訟費評定官) In these rules, unless the context
otherwise requires-

"bankruptcy order" (破產令) means an order adjudging an individual
bankrupt; (L.N. 77 of 1998)

"court" (法院、法庭) means the court as defined by the Ordinance, and
includes the Registrar when exercising the power of the court pursuant to the
Ordinance or these rules;

"court of appeal" (上訴法院) means any court exercising appellate
jurisdiction under the Ordinance or these rules;

"creditor" (債權人) includes a corporation, a firm of creditors in
partnership and, in relation to criminal bankruptcy proceedings, the Official
Petitioner; (L.N. 152 of 1979)

"debtor" (債務人) includes any debtor proceeded against under the
Ordinance, whether adjudged bankrupt or not, and also includes a firm of
debtors in partnership; (G.N.A. 124 of 1955)

"proof" (債權證明表) means a document by which a creditor seeks to
establish his claim against a debtor; (L.N. 222 of 1992)

"Registrar" (司法常務官) means the Registrar of the High Court, and any
Senior Deputy Registrar, Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of the High
Court; (L.N. 231 of 1984; 25 of 1998 s. 2; 10 of 2005 s. 169; 10 of 2008 s.
69)

"sealed" (蓋章) means sealed with the seal of the court;

"taxing officer" (訟費評定官) includes the Registrar and also any officer
or officers of the court whose duty it is to tax costs. (L.N. 77 of 1998) [cf.
R. 3]