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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH AUGUST, 1896.
(b) In an action for necessaries, or an action by the owner or consignee or assignee of any bill of lading of any goods imported into the Colony in any ship for damage done to the goods or any part thereof by the negligence or mis- conduct of or for any breach of duty or breach of contract on the part of the owner master or crew of the ship, the affidavit shall also state the national character of the ship, and that, to the best of the deponent's belief, no owner or part owner of the ship was domiciled in the Colony at the time of the institution of the action:
(c) In an action between co-owners relating to the ownership, possession, employment, or earnings of any ship registered in the Colony, the affidavit shall also state the number of shares in the ship owned by the party proceeding.
31. In an action for bottomry, the bottomry bond in original, and, if it is in a foreign language, a translation thereof, shall be produced for the inspection and perusal of the Registrar, and a copy of the bond, or of the translation thereof, certified to be correct, shall be annexed to the affidavit.
32. The registrar, if he thinks fit, may issue a warrant, although the affidavit does not contain all the prescribed partienlars, and, in an action for bottomry, although the bond has not been produced; or he may refuse to issue a warrant without an order of the Court.
33. The warrant shall be prepared in the registry, and shall be signed by the registrar, and issued under the seal of the Court. A form of warrant will be found in the Appendix hereto, No. 12.
34. The warrant shall be served by the bailiff or his officer in the manner prescribed by these rules for the service of a writ of summons in an action in rem, and thereupon the property shall be deemed to be arrested.
35. The warrant may be served on Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas Day, as well as on any other day.
36. The warrant shall be filed by the bailiff within one week after service thereof has been completed, with a certificate of service indorsed thereon.
37. The certificate shall state by whom the warrant has been served, and the date and mode of service, and shall be signed by the bailiff. A form of certificate of service will be found in the Appendix hereto, No. 13.
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38. Whenever bail is required by these rules, it shall be given by filing one or more bail bonds, each of which shall be signed by two sureties, unless the Court shall, on special cause shown, order that one surety shall suffice.
39. Every bail bond shall be prepared in the registry aml shall be signed before the registrar, or by his direction before a clerk in the registry, or before a commissioner appointed by the Court, to take bail. Forms of bail bond and commission to take bail will be found in the Appendix hereto, Nos. 14 and 15.
40. Sureties may attend to sign a bond either separately or together.
41. If bail is taken before a commissioner, the sureties shall justify by affidavit.
42. The commission to take bail and the affidavits of justification shall be prepared in the registry, and issued with the bail bond, and shall with the bail bond, when executed, be returned to the registry by the commissioner.
43. No commissioner shall be entitled to take bail in any action in which he, or any person in partnership with him, is acting as solicitor or agent.
H4. Before filing a bail bond, notice of bail shall be served upon the adverse party, and a certificate of such service shall be indorsed on the boud by the party filing it. A form of Notice of Bail will be found in the Appendix hereto, No. 16.
45. If the adverse party is not satisfied with the sufficiency of any surely, he may file a notice objecting to such surety, or requiring him to justify, if he has not already done so, Forms of Notice to Justify, of Affidavit of Justification, and of Notice of Objection to Bail, will be found in the Appendix bereto, Nos, 17, 18 and 19.