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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVPMBER 1, 1912.
HONGKONG.
No. 35 of 1912.
An Ordinance to make provision for the appoint- ment of and to define the powers of the Grown Solicitors and Assistant Crown Solicitors of the Colony.
I assent to this Ordinance.
LS
F. H. MAY, Governor.
Short title.
Appointment
and
[1st November, 1912.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Crown Soli- citors Ordinance, 1912”.
2.—(1.) The Governor shall have and shall be deemed at all times to have had power to appoint any qualified qualifications person to be Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor. of Crown
(2.) For the purposes of this Ordinance :—–
Solicitor and Assistant
Crown
Solicitor.
Rights and
(a.) a persou shall be deemed qualified for ap- pointment as Crown Solicitor if at the time he first commences to perform his duties as such he shall possess any of the qualifications which would entitle the court to approve, admit and enrol bim as a barrister or as a solicitor under section 21 of the Legal Prac- titioners Ordinance, 1871;
(b.)
a person shall be deemed qualified for ap- pointment as Assistant Crown Solicitor if he shall have successfully passed all the exami- nations required of a student before admis- sion as a barrister or advocate in Great Britain or Ireland or as an attorney. solicitor, writer or law agent in one of the courts at London, Dublin or Edinburgh or as a proctor in any ecclesiastical court in England.
3.-(1.) Any person duly appointed Crown Solicitor or limitations Assistant Crown Solicitor under the provisions of this as to practice Ordinance shall be permitted to practise as a solicitor by Crown
both in the Supreme Court and elsewhere in the Colony Solicitor and when appearing as Crown Solicitor or as Assistant Crown
Assistant
Crown
Solicitor.
Solicitor
:
(4.) On behalf of, or representing or acting for or
on behalf of :-
(4.) the Crown;
(.) any Government Department of the Colony;
(ii.) with the consent of the Governor, the Naval or Military Authorities;
(iv) with the consent of the Governor any officer in the employment of the Government in any matter in which the Crown or the Government or any Department thereof is interested;
(b.) In any proceedings relating to extradition; (c.) In any matter in which the Crown or the Government or any Department thereof is interested.
(2.) Any person duly appointed and acting as Crown Solicitor under the provisions of this Ordinance shall also be entitled to appear on behalf of the Attorney General and prosecute persons at the criminal sessions.