CROWN SOLICITORS.
No. 35 of 1912.
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(v) with the consent of the Governor, His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong:
(b) in any proceedings relating to extradition:
(c) in any matter in which the Crown or the Government or any department thereof is interested.
(2) Any person duly appointed and acting as Crown Solicitor, and any person duly appointed and acting as Assistant Crown Solicitor who is qualified for appointment as Crown Solicitor, shall be entitled to appear to prosecute persons at the Criminal Sessions and also to appear before the Full Court on any appeal or question reserved arising out of any such prosecution, and also to appear before the Full Court on any appeal arising out of the determination by a magistrate of any proceeding which he has power to determine in a summary way.
(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), no person duly appointed Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor shall be entitled to practise as a barrister or to practise on his own account as a barrister or as a solicitor as long as he continues to hold, or act in, his appointment.
4. The Government shall be entitled to charge reasonable fees for work done by any Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor on behalf of the Naval, Military or Air Authorities or of His Majesty's Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong or in extradition proceedings. Such fees shall be subject to taxation and shall be paid into the general revenue of the Colony.
5. If in any cause or proceeding before any court, tribunal, arbitrator or otherwise any party for whom any Crown Solicitor or Assistant Crown Solicitor appears or acts as solicitor obtains an order for costs against any other party, such costs shall be taxed against and payable by the party against whom the order is made, and when recovered shall be paid into the general revenue of the Colony.
6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to confer a professional status as solicitor upon any person who has not been duly enrolled as a solicitor under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, 1871, or any Ordinance amending or substituted for it.
* As amended by No. 31 of 1935 [23.8.35]. † As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
No. 1 of 1871.