THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 14, 1928. 411

3. In these rules,

(a) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court.

(b)

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Treasurer" means the Colonial Treasurer.

(c) "Funds" or "Funds in court" means any money or securities or movable property or any part thereof standing in or to be placed to the Registrar's account and includes boxes and other effects.

(d) "Lodge in court means pay or transfer into court or deposit in court; and (e) "Lodgment in court" has a corresponding meaning.

(f) "Title of the cause or matter incans the short title of the cause or matter

with reference to the record.

(g) “Ledger credit" means he title of the cause or matter and the separate account (if any) opened or to be opened under an order or otherwise in the books of the Registrar to which any funds are credited or to be credited. (h) "Order" means an order of the Supreme Court and includes a judgment or

decree and includes the schedule or schedules to an order.

(2) "Court

means the Supreme Court.

11.-LODGMENT OF FUNDS IN COURT.

4.--(1) All funds to be lodged in Court on any ledger credit shall, unless required by any enactment to be dealt with in any particular way, be lodged with the Registrar who shall give to the person making the lodgment a receipt in respect thereof.

(2) The Registrar shall keep appropriate ledger.accounts to which all funds lodged in Court shall be credited and any funds withdrawn or transferred therefrom shall be debited to such accounts in the usual way.

The investment of any funds shall be entered in such accounts in an appropriate

manner.

Where funds are dealt with in any other way than by lodgment, withdrawal, transfer or investment, the same shall be entered in the accounts as the circumstances of the case require.

(3) When it is proposed to lodge in Court any securities, movable property, boxes or other effects, the Registrar shall, after making such inspection thereof as he thinks fit, give to the person making the lodgment a receipt in respect thereof.

(4) Every receipt given in respect of any lodgment shall be headed with the title of the cause or matter and the title of the ledger account to which the lodgment is referable and shall contain adequate particulars as to such lodgment and shall be as nearly as may be in Form No. 1 in the Schedule to these rules.

(5) Where money is lodged in satisfaction or part satisfaction of any claim either with or without defence setting up tender or denying liability or where the same is lodged to security for costs or under or on account of any judgment or order the receipt shall contain a statement of such of the following circumstances as are appli- cable:

(a) paid in on behalf of defendant in satisfaction of claim of the above-nained

(name of party);

(b) paid in on behalf of defendant against claim of the above-named (name of

party) with defence setting up tender;

(e) paid in on behalf of defendant against claim of the above-named (name of

party) with defence denying liability ;

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