CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE.
No. 3 of 1901.
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amount, not exceeding one thousand dollars, as it may deem a reasonable compensation to the defendant for any injury or loss which he may have sustained by the issue of the injunction: Provided that the court shall not award a larger sum by way of compensation under this section than it is competent to the court to award in an action for damages.
(2) An award of compensation under this section shall bar any action for damages in respect of the issue of the injunction.
CHAPTER XXVII.
RECEIVER.
587. Whenever it appears to the court to be necessary for the realization, preservation, or better custody or management of any property, the subject of an action or other proceeding under attachment, the court may appoint a receiver of such property and, if necessary, order all or any of the following things-
(1) the removal of the person in whose possession or custody the property may be from the possession or custody thereof;
(2) the commitment of such property to the custody or management of such receiver; and
(3) the granting to such receiver of all such powers as to bringing and defending actions and other proceedings, and for the realization, management, protection, preservation and improvement of the property, for the collection of the rents and profits thereof, for the application and disposal of such rents and profits, and for the execution of instruments in writing, as the owner himself has, or such of those powers as the court thinks fit.
powers of receiver
H.K. Code, s. 18 (1).
O. 50, r. 15A
588. In every case in which an application is made for the appointment of a receiver by way of equitable execution the court, in determining whether it is just and convenient that such appointment should be made, shall have regard to the amount of the debt claimed by the applicant, to the amount which may probably be obtained by the receiver and to the probable costs of his appointment, and may, if it thinks fit, direct any inquiries on these or other matters before making the appointment.