62 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 14, 1913.
Appoint-
ment.
Removal.
OFFICIAL RECEIVERS,
186.-(1.) Judicial notice shall be taken of the appoint- ment of the Official Receivers appointed by the Governor,
(2.) When the Governor appoints any officer to act as deputy for or in the place of an Official Receiver notice thereof shall be given in the Gazette.
(3.) Any person so appointed shall, during his tenure of office, have all the status, rights, and powers, and be subject to all the liabilities of an Official Receiver,
187. Where an Official Receiver is removed from his office by the Governor notice of the order removing him shall be published in the Gazette.
Personal 188. The Court may, by general or special directions performance determine what acts or duties of the Official Receiver in of duties.
relation to the winding-up of Companies are to be performed by him in person, and in what cases he may discharge his functions through the agency of his clerks, or other persons in his regular employ, or under his official control.
Assistant Official Receivers.
Power of cer-
and Official Receivers'
189. An Assistant Official Receiver, appointed by the Governor, shall be an officer of the Court, like the Official Receiver to whom he is assistant, and, subject to the directions of the Court, he may represent the Official Recei- ver in all proceedings in Court, or in any administrative or other matter. Judicial notice shall be taken of the appoint- ment of an Assistant Official Receiver, and he may be removed in the same manner as is provided in the case of au Official Receiver.
190. In the absence of the Official Receiver any officer tain officers duly authorised for the purpose by the Governor, and any clerk of the Official Receiver duly authorised by him in writing, may by leave of the Court act on behalf of the tain cases to Official Receiver, and take part for him in any public or other examination and in any unopposed application to the Court.
Clerks in cer-
act for
Official Re- ceivers.
Duties where no assets.
Account ing by Official Receiver.
Official Receiver to act for Committee of Inspection
where no Committee of Inspection appointed.
Appeals from Officiel Receiver.
Applications under s. 154 (2) of the Ordinance.
191. Where a Company against which a winding-up order has been made has no available assets, the Official Receiver shall not be required to incur any expense in relation to the winding-up without the express directions of the Court.
192.—(1.) Where a Liquidator is appointed by the Court in a winding-up by the Court, the Official Receiver shall account to the Liquidator.
(2.) If the Liquidator is dissatisfied with the account or any part thereof, he may report the matter to the Court, which shall take such action (if any) thereon as it may deem expedient.
(3.) The provisions of these Rules as to Liquidators and their accounts shall not apply to the Official Receiver when he is Liquidator, but he shall account in such manner. as the Court may from time to time direct.
193. Where there is no Committee of Inspection any functions of the Committee of Inspection, subject to the directions of the Court, may be exercised by the Official Receiver.
194. An Appeal to the Court from an act or decision of the Official Receiver acting otherwise than as Liquidator of a Company, shall be brought within twenty-one days from the time when the decision or act appealed against is done, pronounced, or made.
195.-(1.) An application by the Official Receiver to the Court to examine on oath the Liquidator or any other person pursuant to section 154 of the Ordinance shall be made ex parte, and shall be supported by a report to the Court filed with the Registrar, stating the circumstances in which the application is made.