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Use of forms. General Orders, 1862. r. 69.
Solicitor's fees.
Ib. r. 70.
First Schedule.
Court fees. Ib. r. 71, Second Schedule,
Taxation of costs. Ib. r. 72.
General powers of the Court and Judge. Ib. r. 73.
New.
General practice to apply. General Orders, 1862, r. 74.
Time for appeal. R. S. Co. O. 58 rr. 9, 15. See Ordinance No. 3 of 1901.
No. 1.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1865.
Forms.
92. The forms in use in England as prescribed by the General Orders of November, 1862, and March, 1868, in relation to joint stock companies or any subsequent orders or rules of Court in England may, so far as the circumstances of each case may require, be used for the purposes of the Companies Ordinance, 1865, and of these Rules.
Fees.
93. Solicitors shall be entitled to charge and be allowed the fees set forth and referred to in the First Schedule to these Rules, unless the Court or Judge otherwise specially directs.
94. The fees of Court set forth and referred to in the Second Schedule to these Rules shall be paid in relation to proceedings in the Court under the Companies Ordinance, 1865, and shall be collected by means of stamps.
Taxation of Costs.
95. Where an order is made in Court or in Chambers for payment of any costs, the order shall direct the taxation thereof by the Registrar, except on interlocutory applications in cases where the Court deems it proper to direct or award a gross sum in lieu of taxed costs to be paid by any party to another party.
Powers of the Court and Judge.
96. The Court and a Judge sitting in Chambers shall have power to enlarge or abridge the time in these Rules prescribed for doing any act or taking any proceeding, to adjourn or review any proceeding, and to give any direction as to the course of proceeding, and in particular such power shall be had and exercised when any creditor, contributory, or other person on or to whom any petition, summons, notice, or other document is required to be served, sent, delivered, or given, or by whom any act is required to be done, is not resident or has no known representative or attorney within the Colony.
General Provisions.
97. The general practice of the Court, including the course of proceeding and practice of the Judges' Chambers, shall, in cases not provided for by the Companies Ordinance, 1865, or these Rules, and so far as the same are applicable, and not inconsistent with the said Ordinances or these Rules, apply to all proceedings for winding up a company.
98.-(1.) Notwithstanding anything in the Code of Civil Procedure for the time being in force to the contrary, the time for appealing to the Full Court as thereby defined from any order or decision of any Judge sitting alone, either in Court or Chambers, in the matter of the winding-up of a company under the provisions of the Companies Ordinance, 1865, or any Ordinance amending the same, and of these Rules shall, except by special leave of the Court or Judge, be limited to twenty-one days,