Landlord and Tenant.
SCHEDULE.
[s. 29.]
[CAP. 255]
PART 1.
RULES OF PROCEDURE.
Interpretation.
1. (1) In these rules-
"answer" means every answer made by an opponent;
"applicant" means a party making an application, and includes a firm, a company registered under the Companies Ordinances, and (Cap. 32.) a body corporate;
"application" means every application made under the Ordinance; "clerk of the tribunal" means any officer of the tribunal discharging, for the time being, the duties of his office;
"office" means the offices of the tribunal in Hong Kong and Kowloon; "opponent" means a party opposing an application, and includes a firm, a company registered under the Companies Ordinances, and a body corporate;
"Ordinance" means the Landlord and Tenant Ordinance;
"tribunal" means any tenancy tribunal constituted under the provisions of the Ordinance.
(2) Any reference to "these rules" shall include a reference to any rules of the tribunal made in addition to these rules, or in substitution for any of them.
(Cap. 255.)
(3) Any reference in these rules to the chairman of any tenancy tribunal shall be deemed to include a magistrate or a person who by virtue of section 28 of the Ordinance, and by virtue of the authority of the Chief Justice is exercising the function of a Tenancy tribunal.
G.N.A.175/48.
Sealing.
2. Applications, answers and orders shall be sealed with the seal of the tribunal.
Forms.
3. The forms contained in Part II of this Schedule shall be used in the appropriate cases, with such variations and additions as the circumstances of the particular case may require, and shall, as regards the form thereof, be valid and sufficient.
4. Application forms may be obtained from the office on payment of the prescribed fees.
5. All applications and other matters in respect of premises in Hong Kong and Kowloon will be dealt with by the Hong Kong and Kowloon Offices respectively.
Preparation of Applications.
6. Applications shall be prepared in triplicate and in the English language (except as hereinafter provided), and shall be signed by the applicant or by his advocate on his behalf.
7. The applicant shall set out the reasons for and all material facts in support of his application in triplicate on a separate sheet or sheets of paper which shall be of the same size as the application form, and which shall be annexed to each of the three copies of the application.
8. The applicant shall deliver the three copies of the application to the clerk of the tribunal, who shall—
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