Enclosure No. 4
A BILL
To
Make better provision for the administration of justice in relation to the jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals and for connected purposes.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and con- sent of the Legislative Council thereof.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Administration of Short title and Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 1981.
(2) This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette and the Governor may appoint different days for different provisions, for different purposes or for the same purpose in relation to different cases or classes of cases.
commencement.
PART II
FINANCIAL LIMIT OF JURISDICTION
2. (1) The Ordinances mentioned in column of the First Amendments Schedule are amended in the provisions mentioned in column 2 by to financial deleting the amounts mentioned in column 3 and substituting the amounts mentioned in column 4.
limits of
jurisdiction.
First Schedule,
(2) The Estate Duty Ordinance is amended in section 22 by adding (Cap. 111.) after subsection (1B) the following-
"(1C) The amount
amount mentioned in subsection (1B) may be amended by resolution of the Legislative Council.".
(3) The District Court Ordinance is amended—
(a) in section 50, by deleting "of eight per cent per annum, or at such other rate as may be prescribed," and substituting the following-
"fixed by the Chief Justice by notice published in the Gazette"; and
(b) by adding after section 73 the following-
**Amendment
of limits of
73A. The amounts mentioned in sections 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 41, 52 and 69 may be amended by resolution
jurisdiction. of the Legislative Council.”.
(Cap. 336.)
3. The Ordinances mentioned in column 1 of the Second Schedule Consequential are amended in the provisions mentioned in column 2 by deleting the words mentioned in column 3 and substituting the words mentioned in column 4.
amendments financial
relating to
limits of jurisdiction.
Second Schedule.