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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD DECEMBER, 1892. 1027
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 492.
The following Order as to the fees and percentages to be taken in the Supreme Court is published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st December, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
ORDER AS TO THE FEES AND PERCENTAGES TO BE TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT.
The 1st day of October, 1892.
I, the undersigned, Chief Justice of the Colony of Hongkong, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested do hereby order and direct as follows:
1.
This Order may be cited as The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1892. It shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1893, and shall apply to all causes and matters commenced on and after the said day, and to all proceedings taken on and after the said day in all causes and matters then pending.
2.-The fees and percentages contained or referred to in the several Schedules hereto are fixed and appointed to be and shall be taken in the Supreme Court in the various jurisdictions to which the said Schedules respectively relate; and the said fees and percentages shall, except in so far as the said Schedules provide for a payment in cash, be taken by stamps either impressed or adhesive as the Governor may from time to time direct.
3.-All Orders and Rules of Court heretofore made for the purpose of fixing fees or percentages in the Supreme Court are hereby annulled, but this Order shall not apply to or affect existing fees or percentages directed to be taken or paid by any Ordinance except in so far as such fees or percentages are hereby expressly altered or modified.
4.-A folio comprises 72 words, each figure being counted as a word.
SCHEDULE I.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
WRIT OF SUMMONS, SUBPOENAS, AND APPEARANCE :-
Sealing every Writ of Summons for commencement of a Suit, (except a concurrent renewed or amended Writ) and sealing a Writ of Injunction, Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus,
.$ 3.00
Interpleader Summons...............
3.00
Sealing a concurrent, renewed or amended Writ of Summons,.
1.00
Sealing a Subpoena,
2.00
Sealing a Subpoena for each Witness in addition to the first, Entering a Appearance (each Defendant),.
0.50
1.00
Certificate of Non-Ap
Appearance,
1.00
WRITS OF EXECUTION, &C.:---
Sealing a Warrant for arrest of a Defendant or for arrest and detention of
a Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgment,
10.00
Sealing a Writ of Execution or Writ of Possession,
10.00
Order for Release of Defendant from Custody,
Sealing a Prohibitory Order,
Each Copy, Prohibitory Order,
0.50
2.00
1.00
FOREIGN ATTACHMENT:--
Sealing a Writ of Foreign Attachment,
10.00
Settling Bond,
2.00
Filing same,
1.00
Certificate of Dissolution of Foreign Attachment or Satisfaction of the
Judgment,
3.00
Registrar's Order for seizure of Property,
3.00
PLEADINGS, ISSUES, REFERENCES, &c.:-
Filing any Pleading and Sealing Copy,
4.00
Filing any amended Pleading and Sealing Copy,
2.00
Filing any Petition of Right or Special Čase,
5.00
Filing any issue or issue under Section 87 of Code,
10.00
Filing any Agreement under Section 58 of Code, Order of Reference under Section 64 of Code, Filing same,
10.00
5.00
1.00
Order of Reference under Section 89,
5.00
Filing same,
1.00
Application to file award in Court wheua rbitration has been without the
intervention of the Court,...................
5.00