THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 14, 1913.
(2.) The first proceeding in every winding-up matter shall have a distinctive number assigned to it in the office of the Registrar, and all proceedings in any matter subsequent to the first proceeding shall bear the same number as the first proceeding.
10. All proceedings shall be written or printed, or partly Written or written or partly printed on paper of the size of 13 inches printed
in length and 8 inches in breadth, or thereabouts, and must proceedings. have a stitching margin; but no objection shall be allowed
to any proof or affidavit on acconut only of its being written or printed on paper of other size.
11. All orders, summonses, petitions, warrants, process Process to of any kind (including notices when issued by the Court) be sealed. and office copies in any winding-up matter shall be sealed.
12. Every summons in a winding-up matter in the Court Issue of shall be prepared by the Applicant or his Solicitor, and Summonses. issued from the office of the Registrar. A summons, when sealed, shall be deemed to be issued.
13. Every order, whether made in Court or in Chambers Orders. in the winding-up of a Company shall be drawn up by the applicant or his Solicitor and signed by the Registrar, unless in any proceeding, or classes of proceedings, the Judge or Registrar who makes the order shall direct that no order need be drawn up. Where a direction is given that no order need be drawn up, the note or memorandum of the order, signed or initialled by the Judge or the Re. gistrar making the order, shall be sufficient evidence of the order having been made.
14. All petitions, affidavits, summonses, orders, proofs, File of pro- notices, depositions, bills of costs and other proceedings in ceedings in the Court in a winding-up matter shall be kept and remain office of
Registrar. of record in the office of the Registrar and, subject to the directions of the Court, shall be placed in one continuous file.
15. All office copies of petitions, affidavits, depositions, Office copies. papers and writings, or any parts thereof, required by the Official Receiver or any liquidator, contributory, creditor, officer of a Company, or other person entitled thereto, shall be provided by the Registrar, and shall, except as to figures, be fairly written out at length, and be sealed and delivered out without any unnecessary delay, and in the order in which they shall have been bespoken.
16. Every person who has been a director or officer of a Inspection Company which is being wound up, shall be entitled, free of file. of charge, and every contributory and every creditor whose claim or proof has been admitted shall be entitled on pay- ment of a fee of one dollar for each inspection per diem, at all reasonable times, to inspect the file of proceedings and to take copies or extracts from any document therein, or to be furnished with such copies or extracts upon payment
of forty cents per folio of seventy-two words.
Receiver.
17. Where, in the exercise of his functions under the Use of file by Ordinance or Rules, the Official Receiver requires to inspect Official or use the file of proceedings the Registrar shall (unless the file is at the time required for use in Court or by him) on request, transmit the file of proceedings to the Official Receiver.
any
Defacement
18. Every officer of a Court who shall receive document to which an adhesive stamp shall be affixed, shall of stamps. immediately upon receipt of the document deface the stamp thereon, in the prescribed manner, and no such document shall be filed or delivered until the stamp thereon shall have been so defaced.
SERVICE AND EXECUTION OF PROCESS AND ENFORCEMENT
OF ORDERS.
19.-(1.) It shall be the duty of the Bailiff to serve Duties of such orders, summonses, petitions and notices as the Bailiff, Court may require him to serve; to execute warrants and
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