MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION
- CHAPTER 220A

MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:21/09/2001



(Cap 220, section 20)

[21 September 2001]  L.N. 186 of 2001

(L.N. 129 of 2001)



MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION - SECT 1
(Omitted as spent) VerDate:21/09/2001



(Omitted as spent)



MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION - SECT 2
Interpretation VerDate:21/09/2001



In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-
"witness" (證人) means a witness summoned under the Ordinance but does not 
include a public officer acting in the course of his duties.
"witness" (證人)


MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION - SECT 3
Application for payment of witnesses' allowances VerDate:21/09/2001




(1)	Subject to subsection (2), where a witness attends the hearing 
of an appeal to give evidence (including professional or expert evidence) 
or to produce documents, the witness may apply-

        (a)	in writing to the Secretary; or

        (b)	orally to the Board during the hearing of the appeal,
for payment of an allowance referred to in section 4.

(2)	An application under subsection (1) shall be made within 14 
days beginning with the day on which the witness attends the hearing of an 
appeal, and in the case where he attends the hearing in respect of the 
same appeal for more than one day, the last of those days.



MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION - SECT 4
Allowances for witnesses VerDate:21/09/2001




(1)	The Board may, upon an application under section 3 or on its 
own motion, allow in respect of a witness a professional witness 
allowance, expert witness allowance or loss allowance, as the case may be, 
not exceeding the professional witness allowance, expert witness allowance 
or loss allowance that a magistrate may allow under the Criminal Procedure 
(Witnesses' Allowances) Rules (Cap 221 sub. leg.) in respect of a witness 
who attends to give evidence in criminal proceedings.

(2)	The expenses of allowances allowed under this Regulation shall 
be a charge on the general revenue.



MUNICIPAL SERVICES APPEALS BOARD (WITNESSES' ALLOWANCES) REGULATION - SECT 5
Allowance to be claimed within 3 months VerDate:21/09/2001



Any sum allowed under this Regulation shall cease to be payable unless 
claimed within 3 months from the date on which it was allowed.