368

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1911.

FORM No. 8d.

LETTER FORWARDING REQUEST FOR SUBSTITUTED SERVICE.

(Title, &c.)

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary and begs to enclose a notice of a writ of summons in the case of

versus

in which the plaintiff has obtained an order of the Supreme Court (which is also enclosed) giving leave to bespeak a request that the said notice of writ may be served by substituted service on the defondant

in the name of country],

at

The Chief Justice requests that the said notice of writ and order may be forwarded to the proper authority in [name of country] with the request that the same may be transmitted by post addressed to the defendant af

(the last known place of abode or the place of business) of the said defendant, or there delivered in such manner as may be consistent with the usage or practice of the Courts of [name of country] for service of legal process where personal service cannot be effected ; and with the further request that the same may be officially certified to the Supreme Court of Hongkong or declared upon oath, or otherwise, in such manner as is consistout with the practice of the Courts of the [name of country] in proving service of legal process.

FORM No. Se.

ORDER TO BESPEAK REQUEST FOR SERVICE ABROAD,

(Title, $e.)

Upon reading the certificate, declaration, or, as the case may be, describing the same.]

It is ordered that the plaintiff be at liberty to bespeak a request for substituted service of notice of the writ of summons herein on the defendaut

>

or elsewhere in the [name of country] and that the said defendant have

days after such substituted service within which to enter appearance.

1.

Dated this

day of

Form No. 81.

19

I

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE OF FOREIGN PROCESS.

Master of the Supreme Court of Judicature in England hereby certify that the documents annexed hereto are as follows :---

(1.) The original letter of request for service of process reerived from the Court or Tribunal

at

in the

of

the matter of

Versus

in and :*

(2.). The process received with such letter of request,

and :

(3.) The evidence of service upon

the

person named in such letter of request, together with the verification of a Notary Publié.

And I Certify that such service so proved, and the proof thereof, are such as are required by the law and practice of the English Supreme Court regulating the service of English legal process in England, and the proof thereof.

And I Certify that the cost of effecting such service, as duly certified by the Taxing of the English Supreme

Court, amounts to the sum of

Dated this

day of

19

Share This Page