Bankruptcy.
Miscellaneous.
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of time.
122. (1) Where by this Ordinance any limited time from or after any date or event is appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, then in the computation of that limited time the same shall be taken as exclusive of the day of that date or of the happening of that event, and as commencing at the beginning of the next following day; and the act or proceeding shall be done or taken at latest on the last day of that limited time as so computed.
(2) Where the limited time so appointed or allowed is less than six days, general holidays as defined by the Holidays Ordinance shall not be reckoned in the computation (Cap. 149).
(3) Where the limited time so appointed or allowed expires on one of the days in this section specified, the act or proceeding shall be considered as done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next day afterwards which is not one of the days in this section specified.
(4) The provisions of this section shall take effect notwithstanding anything contained in sections 24, 25, 26 and paragraph (t) of subsection (1) of section 37 of the Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4).
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notices.
123. All notices and other documents for the service of which no special mode is directed may be sent by post to the last known address of the person to be served therewith.
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124. (1) No proceeding in bankruptcy shall be invalidated by any formal defect or by any irregularity unless the court is of opinion that substantial injustice has been caused by the defect or irregularity and that the injustice cannot be remedied by any order of the court.
(2) No defect or irregularity in the appointment or election of a receiver, trustee or member of a committee of inspection shall vitiate any act done by him in good faith.
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c. 59, s. 146.
Formal defect not to invalidate proceedings.
c. 59, s. 147.
125. Every deed, conveyance, assignment, surrender or other assurance relating solely to freehold or leasehold property, or to any mortgage, charge or other incumbrance thereon, shall be exempt from stamp duty.
stamp
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4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 59, s. 148.