CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
No. 3 of 1901. 1253
560. Any special referee, arbitrator, or umpire or officer of the court may, at any stage of the proceedings under a pending reference, and shall, if so directed by the court, state in the form of a special case for the opinion of the court any question of law arising in the course of the reference. 52 & 53 Vict. C. 49, s. 20.
561. Any order made under this Chapter may be made on such terms as to costs, or otherwise, as the authority making the order thinks just. 52 & 53 Vict. C. 49, s. 20.
562. Every person who wilfully and corruptly gives false evidence before any special referee, arbitrator, or umpire or officer of the court shall be guilty of perjury, as if the evidence had been given in open court, and may be dealt with, prosecuted, and punished accordingly. 52 & 53 Vict. C. 49, s. 22.
563. This Chapter shall, except as in this Chapter expressly mentioned, apply to any arbitration to which His Majesty the King is a party; but nothing in this Chapter shall empower the court to order any proceedings to which His Majesty is a party, or any question or issue in any such proceedings, to be tried before any special referee, arbitrator, or officer without the consent of His Majesty, or shall affect the law as to costs payable by the Crown. 52 & 53 Vict. C. 49, s. 23.
564. This Chapter shall apply to every arbitration under any Ordinance passed before or after the commencement of this Code as if the arbitration were pursuant to a submission, except in so far as this Chapter is inconsistent with the Ordinance regulating the arbitration or with any rules or procedure authorised or recognised by that Ordinance. 52 & 53 Vict. C. 49, s. 24.
[s. 565, rep. No. 36 of 1911.]
PART III.
PROVISIONAL REMEDIES.
CHAPTER XXV.
ARREST AND ATTACHMENT BEFORE JUDGMENT.
Arrest of absconding defendant.
566. If in any action, not being an action for the recovery of immovable property, the defendant is about to leave the jurisdiction of the court, or has disposed of or removed from the jurisdiction of the court his property or any part thereof, the plaintiff may, either at the institution of the action or at any time thereafter until final judgment, apply to the court for taking security for appearance of defendant in certain cases. H. K. Code, s. 16 (1).
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