HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
12 July 1989
香港立法局—————————一九八九年七月十二日
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Clause 14
(4) The Registrar shall first pay any expenses incurred by a person acting as an insolvency officer and payable under section 18(2) but not already paid under subsection (1).
(5) If the sum was paid to the Registrar by a receiver appointed under section 10 or 12 or in pursuance of a charging order the Registrar shall next pay the receiver's remuneration and expenses.
(6) After making -
(a) any payment required by subsection (4); and
(b) in a case to which subsection (5) applies, any payment
required by that subsection,
the Registrar shall reimburse any amount paid under section 19(2).
(7) Any balance in the hands of the Registrar after he has made all payments requird by the foregoing subsections shall be disposed of under section 93 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1) as if it were a fine imposed under the authority of an Ordinance.".
That clause 14 be further amended, in subclause (5) by deleting "Crown" and substituting "Government".
Question on the amendments proposed, put and agreed to.
Question on clauses 2, 13 and 14, as amended, proposed, put and agreed to.
Clause 3
MISS TAM: Sir, I move that clause 3 be amended as set out under my name in the paper circulated to Members.
The proposed amendment to clause 3(1)(c) aims to cater for cases where the defendant absconds after conviction and before a confiscation has been made.