THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH AUGUST, 1898.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance for the Establishment and Regu-
lation of Vacations in the Supreme Court.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supreme Court Short title. (Vacations) Ordinance, 1898.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- Interpret. quiros, Public Holidays mean the days appointed as public ation. holidays by section of Ordinance No. 6 of 1875, and include all other days appointed from time to time by the Governor to be observed as public holidays.
3. The following vacations shall be observed in each Van ons year in the Supreme Court and the Offices connected there- in the with, namely, the Long Vacation, the Christmas Vacation, Carana its the Chinese New Year Vacation, and the Easter Vacation. Olives,
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4.-(1.) The Long Vacation shall commence on the 20th Commence. of September and terminate on the 17th of October. The ment and Christmas Vacation shall commence on the 24th of December, termination
of vacations, and terminate on the 1st of January. The Chinese New Year Vacation shall commence on the first day of the Chinese New Year and terminate on the fifth day of such New Year. The Easter Vacation shall commence on Good Friday and terminate on the Thursday in Easter week.
(2.) The days of the commencement and termination of each vacation shall be included in such vacation.
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5. The Supreme Court and the Offices connected there- The Court and with shall be open during vacation (except on Public its Offices to Holidays) for the purpose of holding the ordinary Criminal be open in Sessions and any special Criminal Sessions, and also for the certain pur- purpose of issuing writs and of transacting any business poses. under the provisions of the next succeeding section.
6. The Court shall during vacation hear and determine Certain ap- all such applications as may require to be immediately or plications and promptly heard, and all applications for summary judgment heard in vac snits may be under section 13 or section 84 of the Hongkong Code of ation. Civil Procedure, and all suits and matters in the suminary No. 13 of jurisdiction of the Court: Provided always that the hearing 1873. of any suit or matter in the summary jurisdiction of the Court may be adjourned over vacation, on reasonable cause being shown to the satisfaction of the Court.
7. Every act, matter, or thing done in vacation, in pur- Validity of suance of this Ordinance, shall be as valid to all intents acts done in and purposes as if done out of vacation.
vacation.
8. No pleading shall be filed during a vacation except Filing of by order of a Judge under special circumstances.
pleadings in vacation.
of time.
9. Where by any Act, Ordinance, or Rule of Court Vacations not regulating civil procedure, or by any special order of the included in Court, any limited time, not exceeding one month, is ap- computation pointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, no days included in a vacation shall be reckoned in the computation of such time, unless the Court otherwise directs.
10. During vacation, there shall be at least one Judge in Vacation the Colony, and the Offices of the Supreme Court shall be Judges. open daily, except ou Public Holidays, for such time as the Office hours. Court shall direct.
11. The periods of vacation may be varied from time Power to vary to time and provision may be made for the conduct of the periods of business of the Court during vacation by General Rules vacation and or Orders of Court to be made by the Chief Justice, subject regulate to the revision and approval of the Legislative Council, and business. published in the Gazette in the manner prescribed by No. 12 of section 24 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1878.
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1878.
12. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1869, entitled Amendment "An Ordinance to make further provision in relation to of section 2 Criminal Law and Procedure," is hereby amended by strik- of Ordinance ing out the words "except during vacation" and the brackets enclosing such words.
No. 2 of 1869.
13. Ordinance No. 17 of 1882, entitled "The Supreme Repeal of Ord. Court (Vacations) Ordinance, 1882," is hereby repealed. No. 17 of 1882.
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