1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court--Order 1
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(HK) "Registry" means the Registry of the Supreme Court;
(HK) "the Ordinance" means the Supreme Court Ordinance;
"vacation" means the interval between sittings of the Supreme Court as prescribed by Order 64;
"writ" means a writ of summons;
(HK) "written law" includes "imperial enactment" and "Ordinance" and "enactment" as defined in section 3 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance.
(2) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, "the Court" means the High Court or any one or more of the judges thereof whether sitting in court or in chambers or the Registrar or any master but the foregoing provision shall not be taken as affecting any provision of these rules and, in particular, Order 32, rule 11 by virtue of which the authority and jurisdiction of the Registrar is defined and regulated.
(3) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to acknowledging service of a document or giving notice of intention to defend any proceedings is a reference to lodging in the Registry an acknowledgment of service of that document or, as the case may be, a notice of intention to defend those proceedings.
Construction of references to Orders, rules, etc. (O. 1, r. 5)
5. (1) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in these rules to a specified Order, rule or Appendix is a reference to that Order or rule of, or that Appendix to, these rules and any reference to a specified rule, paragraph or sub-paragraph is a reference to that rule of the Order, that paragraph of the rule, or that sub-paragraph of the paragraph, in which the reference occurs.
(2) Any reference in these rules to anything done under a rule of these rules includes a reference to the same thing done before the commencement of that rule under any corresponding rule of court ceasing to have effect on the commencement of that rule.
(3) Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in these rules to any written law shall be construed as a reference to that written law as amended, extended or applied by or under any other written law.
Construction of references to action, etc. for possession of land (O. 1, r. 6)
6. Except where the context otherwise requires, references in these rules to an action or claim for the possession of land shall be construed as including references to proceedings against the Crown for an order declaring that the plaintiff is entitled as against the Crown to the land or to the possession thereof.
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