ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1873.
Sheriff
not requiring a warrant or authority in writing, he shall file in the Supreme Court a voucher in the form contained in the said schedule or as near thereto as circumstances permit, which shall specify the date and particulars of the act or duty performed or to be performed, and shall bear a stamp of the amount indicated in the said schedule to be proper for the same: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall render liable to a stamp duty any instrument, or necessitate the filing of a stamped voucher for any act or duty, in respect of which the Sheriff is not at present entitled to any fee, and of allowances for disbursements contained in
14. The scale of stamp duties the second and third schedules to this Ordinance may be varied from time to time by any resolution of the Legislative Council to be published in the Gazette.
15. "The Stamp (Amendment) Ordinance, 1868" shall be read as if the stamp duties for the time being in force under the provisions hereinbefore contained, were comprised in the schedule thereof.
16. The Sheriff shall receive such yearly salary or such sum of money by way of remuneration, to be paid out of the general revenues of the Colony, as shall from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council.
17. Nothing herein contained, except as is expressly provided, shall be construed to take away, abridge or affect the jurisdiction now exercised by the Supreme Court
Sheriff and his officers.
or the Chief Justice thereof, in relation to the
18. This Ordinance shall commence and take effect on such day as shall hereafter be fixed by proclamation under the hand of the Governor.
Proviso.
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Schedules may be varied.
The Stamp Amendment Ordinance, 1868.
Remuneration of Sheriff, &c.
Saving of jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
Commencement of Ordinance.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
(Form of Petition and Affidavit under section 7.)
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
A. v. B.
The humble petition of
or
In re
(Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of the Colony of Hongkong, or Acting Sheriff appointed under section 6 of "The Sheriff's Ordinance, 1873,")
Sheweth:
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that this Honorable Court will make such order or orders as it shall deem just and reasonable for his direction and guidance.
And, &c.
I, the petitioner named in the above petition, (or in the petition hereto annexed) make oath and say that the several allegations in the said petition are true, and that I have no knowledge of any other facts which to the best of my belief are material to the question before the Court.
Sworn, &c.