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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 10, 1940.
(c) to award and assess, or direct the assessment of, such sums by way of costs as the tribunal in its discretion thinks just, and in particular to award costs to an unsuccessful claimant where such an award appears to the tribunal to be justified on the merits of the case:
(d) to call in the aid of one or more assessors specially qualified, and hear any claim wholly or partly with their assistance;
(e) to appoint an expert or experts to report on any matter material to the hearing of any claim;
(f) to determine, subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, the remuneration, if any, of such assessors and experts.
(2) Rules made in pursuance of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) may contain provisions authorizing a tribunal to take into consideration any matter which the tribunal considers relevant to the subject of the inquiry before it, notwithstand- ing that the matter is not admissible in evidence under the law relating to evidence.
(3) The Supreme Court shall have. for the purposes of and in relation to any proceedings under these regulations. the same power of making orders in respect of any of the matters specified in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) as it has for the purpose of and in relation to an action or matter in that court.
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12. Any compensation under these regulations shall carry laterest interest, as from the date on which it accrues due until pay- su compea. ment, at such rate not exceeding five per cent. per annum as the Governor in Council may from time to time prescribe by notification in the Gazette.
13. No claim for any compensation under these regula- Limitation tions shall be entertained unless notice of the claim has, in of time for such form and manner as may be prescribed, been given to compersa-
claiming the prescribed authority within the period of six months, or tion. such longer period as the Governor in Council may, either generally or in relation to any particular claim or class of claims, allow, beginning in either case with the date on which the compensation accrues due or the date of the making of these regulations, whichever is the later.
14.-(1) No person shall, by virtue of these regulations, Exclusion be entitled to compensation in respect of the acquisition on behalf of the Governor of any currency, gold or securities.
(2) No compensation shall, by virtue of these regulations. be payable to any person in respect of any loss of, or damage to, property, if and so far as that person has become entitled, apart from the provisions of these regulations, to recover any sum by way of damages or indemnity in respect of that loss or damage or is, at the time of the occurrence of the loss or damage, required under any contract with the Crown to be insured in respect thereof.
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