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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH AUGUST, 1898.
The Court and
New Year. The Easter Vacation shall commence Ou 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.
5. The Supreme Court and the Offices connected there- its Offices to with shall be open during vacation (except on Public be open in
Holidays) for the purpose of holding the ordinary Criminal vacation for certain pur
Sessions and any special Criminal Sessions and the trans-
poses.
action of all business incidental thereto, and also for the purpose of issuing writs and of transacting any business under the provisions of the next succeeding section.
Certain ap- plications and
suits may
be heard in vac- ation.
No. 13 of 1873.
Validity of nets done in Tacation.
Filing of pleadings in vacation.
Vacations not
included in computation of time.
Vacation Judges.
Office hours.
Power to vary periods of vacation and
regulate
vacation
business. No. 12 of 1873.
Amendment
of section 2
of Ordinance
6. The Court shall during vacation hear and determine all such applications as may require to be immediately or promptly heard, and all applications for summary judgment under section 13 or section 84 of the Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure, and all suits and matters in the summary jurisdiction of the Court: Provided always that the hearing 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- suance of this Ordinance, shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if done out of vacation.
8. No pleading shall be filed during a vacation except by order of a Judge under special circumstances.
9. Where by any Act, Ordinance, or Rule of Court regulating civil procedure, or by any special order of the Court, any limited time, not exceeding one month, is ap- politel 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 the Colony, and the Offices of the Supreme Court shall be open daily, except on Public Holidays, for such time as the Court shall direct.
11. The periods of vacation may be varied from time to time and provision may be made for the conduct of the business of the Court during vacation by General Rules or Orders of Court to be made by the Chief Justice, subject to the revision and approval of the Legislative Council, and published in the Gazette in the manner prescribed by section 24 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873.
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12. Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1869, entitled Au Ordinance to make further provision in relation to No. 2 of 1869, Criminal Law and Procedure," is hereby amended by strik- ing out the words "except during vacation" and the brackets enclosing such words.
Repeal of Ord.
13. Ordinance No. 17 of 1882, entitled "The Supreme No. 17 of 1882. Court (Vacations) Ordinance, 1882,” is hereby repealed.
Commence- ment of Ordinance.
14. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the 1st day of December, 1898,
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 15th day of August, 1898.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 20th day of August, 1898.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.