THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 21, 1915.
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"(5.) In every case of requisition under this Order an undertaking in writing shall be filed by the proper officer of the Crown for payment into Court
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on behalf of the Crown of the appraised value of the ship, or of the amount fixed under Rule 4 of this Order, as the case may be, at such 'time or times as the Court shall declare by order that the same or any
part thereof is required for the purpose of payment out of Court.
"(6.) Where in any case of requisition under this Order it is made to appear to the Judge on behalf of the Crown that the Crown desires to requisition
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the ship temporarily, the Court may, in lieu of an order of release, make an order for the temporary delivery of the ship to the Crown, and subject as aforesaid the provisions of this Order shall apply to such requisition; provided, that in the event of the return of the ship to the custody of the Court, the Court may make such order as it thinks fit for the release of the undertaking given on behalf of the Crown or the reduction of the amount undertaken to be paid thereby, as the case may be; and provided also that, where the ship so requisitioned is "subject to the provisions of Order XXVIII, Rule I, relating to deten- tion, the amount for which the Crown shall be considered liable in respect of such requisition shall be the amount of the damage, if any, which the ship has suffered by reason of such temporary delivery as "aforesaid.
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"(7.) The proceedings in respect of a ship requisitioned under this Order shall
continue notwithstanding the requisition.
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"(8.) In any case of requisition of a ship in respect of which no cause has been instituted, any person interested in such ship may without issuing a
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writ, provided he does not intend to make a claim for restitution or damages, apply by summons for an order that the amount to be paid
in respect of such ship shall be fixed by the Court, and the Judge may
on the hearing of such summons order the ship to be appraised or to “be valued or give such other direction for fixing the amount as he may
'think fit."
5. Form No. 4, in Appendix A, is amended by the omission of the words Commander of our ship of war", and of the words "taken and seized as prize by our said ship of war
And whereas it is expedient that the said further amendments of the said rules should come into operation in this Colony:
Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same do hereby proclaim the said amendments of the said rules in this Colony.
Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony at Victoria Hongkong this 21st day of April 1915.
By Command,
GOD SAVE THE KING.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.