A.D. 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[No. 10.
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HONGKONG.
To
of
FORM No. 4.
Summons to a Witness,
Whereas a Marine Court has been appointed to
and it appears that you are likely to be able to give material evidence to the said Court: This is, therefore, to summon you to be and appear before the said Marine Court on the day of at the Harbour Office to testify what you shall know concerning the matter.
Dated this day of 1, at a.m. at
I
(Signed).
Stipendiary Magistrate and President of the Court.
TABLE H.
Rule 2.
GENERAL RULES FOR COURTS OF SURVEY.
Where the owner or master of a ship (hereinafter called the appellant) desires to appeal to the Court of Survey, he shall file at the Harbour Master's Office a notice in the Form No. 1 in the Appendix to these Rules.
2. Immediately on the filing of the notice of appeal, the Harbour Master shall inform the Governor, and, if the ship is a foreign ship, the Harbour Master shall give notice to the Consular Officer for the State to which the ship belongs, and such Consular Officer may nominate one person to act as a member of the Court of Survey, whose name shall be submitted to the Governor at the same time.
Sections 10 (12) and 20 (2).
Filing of notice of appeal. Appendix: Form No. 1.
Proceedings for constitution of Court.
3. When the Governor has issued his warrant constituting the Court, the person appointed to be President of the Court (hereinafter referred to as the President) shall summon the Court in the Form No. 2 in the Appendix to these Rules.
4. If the survey has been made on the complaint of any person (hereinafter called the complainant) the President shall send to him notice of the time and place appointed for the hearing.
5. Previous to the hearing, the Governor shall forward to the President, to be produced as evidence at the hearing, an official copy of the report of the Surveyor.
Form No. 2.
Notice to complainant of hearing.
Forwarding of copy of report of surveyor.
hearing of appeal.
6. The Court shall, if practicable, be summoned to hear the appeal on a day not later than fourteen days from the filing of the notice of appeal.
7. The Governor and the appellant shall be parties to the proceedings.
Any other person may, by permission of the President of the Court, be made a party to the proceedings.
President
Parties to proceedings. Parties by permission.