CAP. 336]
District Court Civil Procedure (General) Rules
[1983 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 123.)
(Cap. 97.)
(Cap. 128.)
Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance;
building plans,
etc.
(Cap. 7.)
(Cap. 123.)
(b) an occupation permit issued by the Building Authority under section 2 of the Buildings Ordinance;
(c) an entry in the register of deeds and documents maintained by the Land Officer under the New Territories Ordinance; and
(d) a document of title, an agreement for the grant, exchange or surrender of land, and any other document relating to land, in the custody of the Land Office established by the Land Registration Ordinance.
(3) For the purposes of this rule--
(a) "office copy" means a document purporting to be a copy of or extract from the original and purporting to be certified by the proper officer as a true copy or extract;
(b) "proper officer" means any officer of a Government department appearing to the Court to be authorized to certify the copy or extract; and
(c) it shall not be necessary to prove the signature, official character or authority of any such officer or to give further proof of the contents of the document or matter sought to be proved under this rule by office copy.
(4) On any office copy of an occupation permit such as is referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), the proper officer may endorse a statement specifying the premises to which the permit relates; and the provisions of this rule relating to office copies shall apply to any such statement.
58. (1) Where, in any proceedings before the Court, the question whether or not any building is an entirely new building within the meaning of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance is in issue the Court may, for determining the issue, admit in evidence, and have regard to, any official records.
(2) The Court may draw inferences from such records and the circumstances in which they were made or deposited, and, in particular, may infer that any building to which such records relate was duly constructed in accordance therewith.
(3) For the purpose of this rule-
(a) the expression "official records" includes any plan, drawing, sketch, specification, bill of quantities, file, writing or other record maintained by, deposited with, or in the custody of, or appearing to be maintained by, deposited with, or in the custody of, the Building Authority or any Government department or public officer;
(b) "Building Authority" means the Building Authority under the Buildings Ordinance.