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No. 5 of 1896.
[Originally No. 13 of 1896.
Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
Short title.
*
Admiralty rules.
Schedule.
SUITORS FUNDS.
(2) determining the smallest amount of money on deposit, on which interest is to be credited to an account to which money placed on deposit belongs;
(3) determining the time at which money placed on deposit is to begin and to cease to bear interest and the mode of computing such interest; and
(4) determining the cases in which interest on money placed on deposit and the dividends on any securities standing in the name of the Treasurer is or are to be placed on deposit.
No. 6 of 1896.
An Ordinance to regulate the Admiralty procedure of the Supreme Court.
[1st September, 1896.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Ordinance, 1896.
2. The Rules contained in the Schedule shall apply to all actions commenced in the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
SCHEDULE.
[s. 2.]
Interpretation.
HONGKONG.
RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE
ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT.
In these rules-
1.—(a) "Action" means any action, cause, suit, or other proceeding instituted in the court.
(b) "The court" means the Supreme Court of Hongkong and includes any judge thereof, whether sitting in court or in chambers.
(c) "Defendant" includes the defendant's solicitor, if he appears by a solicitor.
(d) "Party" includes the party's solicitor, if he sues or appears by a solicitor.
(e) "Plaintiff" includes the plaintiff's solicitor, if he sues by a solicitor.
(f) "The Registrar" means the Registrar of the court.
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* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923,