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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 18, 1921.
(d) Whether the claim is brought against a Government or national, and in the latter case giving the name and last known address of such national, or if such national be a company, body corporate or other association, the address of its chief office, if known, or, if the address of the chief office be not known, of the office of which the address is known to the Claimant.
(e) The nature of the claim, the relief sought and, where the relief sought is pecuniary, the amount claimed.
(f) Under which article and paragraph of the Treaty the claim is made.
(g) The name and address of the solicitor or other authorised representative (if any) of the Claimant.
(h) The person to whom, and addresss at which, all communications are to be sent on behalf of the Claimant.
4. The claim shall be accompanied by a concise statement of the facts and an exhibit of copies of any documents relied upon in support thereof.
5. The claim accompanied by such statement and exhibit shall be known and is hereinafter referred to as the memorial.
6. Six true copies of the memorial shall be supplied with the memorial. The memorial shall, unless otherwise agreed by the parties and permitted by the Tribunal, be in English; and if the memorial be not in English, it shall be accompanied by an English translation and at least three of the copies shall be copies of such translation.
7. On receipt of the memorial and the six copies thereof, the Secretariat will acknowledge such receipt to the Claimant, and will transmit one copy to the Government. Agent of the Claimant and two copies of the memorial to the Government Agent of the Respondent. Such last-mentioned Agent shall acknowledge the receipt thereof to the Secretariat and shall cause one copy of the memorial to be served on the Respondent.
8. Except in cases provided for in Rule 35 (a), the receipt of the memorial by such Agent shall be sufficient notice to the Respondent of the claim made against him, and the Respondent shall, within sixty days after the receipt of the memorial by such Agent, present his answer to the Tribunal. If no answer be presented, the case may be proceeded with in the absence of the Respondent as provided in Rule 33.
RESPONSE.
9. Rule 3 (a), (b), (c), (g) and (h) and Rule 4 shall apply mutatis mulandis to the answer; and in addition the Respondent must in his statement of facts accompanying the answer, if he desires to dispute the allegations in the memorial, expressly deny or other- wise answer or explain the same. Any facts not dealt with by the Respondent will be treated as admitted. The answer shall be accompanied by an exhibit of copies of documents relied on.
10. The answer accompanied by such statement and exhibit shall be known as and is hereinafter referred to as the response.
11. Six true copies of the response shall be supplied with the response to the Tribunal and the provisions of Rule 6 shall apply to the response.
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12. On receipt of the response and the six copies thereof, the Secretariat will acknowledge such receipt to the Respondent and will transmit one of such copies of the response to the Claimant (who shall acknowledge the receipt thereof to the Secretariat), and one to the Government Agent of the Claimant and one to the Government Agent of the Respondent.
13. Should the Respondent desire to make a claim against the Claimant, he must do so by a separate claim and not by a counter-claim, but the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, hear both claims at the same hearing.
14. (a) If the Respondent objects to the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to entertain the claim or any part thereof, he shall specifically take such objection in his answer, and the Tribunal may, if it thinks fit, consider and decide the point before further dealing with the case.
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