CAP. 350] Law Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments)
[1984 Ed.
Item Ordinance
(Cap. 336.)
Amendment
respect of a person's death, then (without prejudice to the exercise of the power conferred by that subsection in relation to any part of that sum which does not represent such damages) the court shall exercise that power so as to include in that sum interest on those damages or on such part of them as the court considers appropriate, unless the court is satisfied that there are special reasons why no interest should be given in respect of those damages.
(5) Any order under this section may provide for interest to be calculated at different rates in respect of different parts of the period for which interest is given, whether that period is the whole or part of the period mentioned in subsection (1).
(6) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that in determining, for the purposes of any enactment contained in Part IV of the District Court Ordinance, whether an amount exceeds, or is less than, a sum specified in that Part, no account shall be taken of any power exercisable by virtue of this section or of any order made in the exercise of such a power.
(7) In this section-
"personal injuries" includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition.".
[Amendments Incorporated]
3. Amendment Incorporated]
(Cap. 22.)
2.
Fatal Accidents Ordinance.
J. 1954 c. 36. s. 3.
(Cap. 271)
3.
Law Reform
(Miscellaneous
[cf. 1954 c. 36. s. 4(3)]
(Cap. 336.) [**In operation on 15.4.77--see L.N. 80/77.]
Provisions) Ordinance.†
4.* District Court
Ordinance.
1.
**(Amended, 92 of 1975, s. 58)
Section 8 is amended by deleting "twelve months" and substituting the following--
"three years".
Section 2 is amended in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) by deleting "the cause of action arose not earlier than six months before his death and”.
Section 49 is amended by inserting after subsection (3) the following new subsections--
**1969 c. 58. s. 22.
(4) Where in any such proceedings as are mentioned in subsection (1) judgment is given for a sum which (apart from interest on damages) exceeds three thousand dollars and represents or includes damages in respect of personal injuries to the plaintiff or any other person, or in respect of a person's death, then (without prejudice to the exercise of the power conferred by that subsection in relation to any
† This Ordinance has been consolidated into the Law Reform and Amendment (Consolidation) Ordinance, Cap. 23, in the 1971 annual revision. Section 2 has now become section 20 in the Consolidation Ordinance.
* Sections in this item have been re-numbered because of the consolidation of the District Court Ordinance and the District Court (Civil Jurisdiction and Procedure) Ordinance in the 1972 annual revision.