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Preparation of copy of Record for printer.
Lodging copy of Record for printing.
Special Case.
Examination of proof of Record and striking off copies.
Number of copies of Record for parties.
How costa of printing
Record are to be borne.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 8, 1927.
within a period of two months from the same date in the case of Appeals from any other Courts, enter an Appearance and bespeak a typewritten copy of the Record, or of such parts thereof as it may be necessary to have copied, and shall engage to pay the cost of preparing such copy at the following rates per folio typed (exclusive of tabular matter)--2d. per folio of English matter, 24d. per folio of Indian matter, and 34d. per folio of foreign matter; and shall also engage to pay at such price as shall be fixed by the Registrar of the Privy Council the cost of printing at least 50 copies thereof.
23. As soon as the Appellant has obtained the typewritten copy of the Record bespoken by him, he shall proceed, with due diligence, to arrange the documents in suitable order, to check the index, to insert marginal notes and check the same with the index, and, generally, to do whatever may be required for the purpose of preparing the copy for the printer, in accordance with the Rules contained in Schedule A hereto, and shall, if the Respondent has entered an Appearance, submit the copy, as prepared for the printer, to the Respondent for his approval. In the event of the parties being unable to agree, the matter shall be referred to the Registrar of the Privy Council who, if he thinks fit, may require the parties to attend before the Judicial Committee for directions.
24. As soon as the typewritten copy of the Record is ready for the printer, the Appellant shall lodge it in the Registry of the Privy Council for printing by a printer selected by the Registrar of the Privy Council, and at the same time shall lodge the amount of the estimated cost of printing the Record.
25. Whenever it shall be found that the decision of a matter on appeal is likely to turn exclusively on a question of law, the parties, with the sanction of the Registrar of the Privy Council, may submit such question of law to the Judicial Committee in the form of a Special Case, and print such parts only of the Record as may be necessary for the discussion of the same Provided that nothing herein contained shall in any way prevent the Judicial Committee from ordering the full discussion of the whole case, if they shall so think fit, and that, in order to promote such arrangements and simplifica- tion of the matter in dispute, the said Registrar may call the parties before him, and having heard them, and examined the Record, may report to the Judicial Committee as to the nature of the proceedings.
26. The Registrar of the Privy Council shall, as soon as the proof prints of the Record are ready, give notice to all parties who have entered an Appearance requesting them to attend at the Registry of the Privy Council at a time to be named in such notice in order to examine the said proof prints and compare the same with the certified Record, and shall, for that purpose, furnish each of the said parties with one proof print. After the examination has been completed, the Appellant shall, without delay, lodge his proof print, duly corrected and (so far as necessary) approved by the Respondent, and the Registrar of the Privy Council shall thereupon cause the copies of the Record to be struck off from such proof print.
27. Each party who has entered an Appearance shall be entitled to receive, for his own use, six copies of the Record.
28. Subject to any special direction from the Judicial Committee to the contrary, the costs of and incidental to the printing of the Record shall form part of the costs of the Appeal, but the costs of and incidental to the printing of any document objected to by one party, in accordance with Rule 18, shall, if such document is found on the taxation of costs to be unnecessary or irrelevant, be disallowed to, or borne by, the party insisting on including the same in the Record.