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TABLE OF FEES.
[HONG KONG.
Monition, Commission, or Decree, whether of Unlivery, Appraisement,
or Sale, or otherwise
Writ or Instrument of Restitution
Compulsory or Subpoena against Witnesses
Writ of Attachment
If either of the preceding Instruments exceed in length ten folios, for every
folio beyond ten
Sterling Money.
£ S. d.
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1 0 0
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1 0 0
0 7 0
1 0
0
0 2 0 NOTE. The folio mentioned throughout this Table of Fees must contain ninety words,
reckoning each figure as a word.
Should the Registrar be required to prepare any other Document, Instrument, or Matter whatsoever, not specified in this Table, he will be entitled to the same charge as a Proctor, viz.
For Drawing, for every folio
For fair Copying or Engrossing, for every folio
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0 2
0
0 1 0
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2. Fees on Documents not prepared by the Registrar, but by the Proctor, Solicitor, or Advocate in a Cause.
On a Decree, pronouncing for the interest of a Party proceeding in pœnam,
being signed by the Judge
On filing Libel, Information, Claim, Proxy, or similar Document On filing Exhibit annexed thereto, or to any Affidavit
0 13 4
On filing Affidavit or Protest of a Master or Mariners, without reference to
the Number of Persons making the same
0 5 0
-
0 8 0
0 2 0
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On entering (or engrossing) personal Answers of a Party in a Suit, for each
folio
0 10
3. Fees on taking the Examination of Witnesses.
On taking the Examination of every Witness on any Information, Libel,
Interrogatories, or Plea, a fee of
For each folio to which the Examination shall extend, if in English, If by Interpretation (Interpreter included)
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BY THE REGISTRAR.
If exceeding twelve folios, for each folio beyond twelve
Office Copies of Papers and Proceedings to form a Process, to be transmitted to the Court of Appeal, or for any other purpose, for each folio con- tained therein
5. Fees on Translation of Papers.
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Sterling Money.
£ S. d.
0 1 0
0 10
Where Papers are translated, the Registrar should charge the disbursement actually made to the Translator, with an addition of one fourth, to compensate himself for his trouble, advance, &c.
6. Incidental Fees in the Progress of a Cause.
On the Subduction of an Action
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For entering every ordinary Act of Court
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On every Default pronounced against parties in Contempt, in Cases proceed-
ing in pœnam
On every Interlocutory Decree or Sentence, including drawing the Act, to
be paid by the Party succeeding
Sportulage upon every Sentence or Interlocutory Decree, to be paid by each
Party in a Suit
0 10 0
0 2
0
-
0 8 0
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1 0
0
1 0
0
-
0 13
4
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0 7 0
-
0 3 0
0 4 0
Sportulage in a Cause terminating without a Sentence or Interlocutory
Decree, to be paid by each Party in a Suit
For every Attendance before a Judge or Surrogate, at which any Decree is
made, other than an Interlocutory or Sentence For a Receipt for original Documents delivered out of the Registry On a Search or Examination of the Records, by any Person not being a
Party in the Cause in which the Search is made
NOTE. No fee to be charged to a Party in the Cause, or to any Seaman applying for
Search.
0 13 4
0 2 0
For advertising an intermediate or extra Court Day, in addition to the sum
paid for advertisement
0.10 0
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4 0
Q
7. On paying out Money.
NOTE. It should be understood, that the Registrar, or whoever acts as the Examiner for him, should take the Depositions in chief of the Witnesses, on the Libel, Informa- tion, or Plea itself, without written Interrogatories; putting such relevant questions, viva voce, as may suggest themselves; and care should be taken not to lead the Wit- ness. The Libel, Information, or Plea should therefore always be drawn sufficiently precise and full, to enable the Examiner to take the Examinations accordingly. The Cross-examinations must, of course, be taken on written Interrogatories.
4. Fees on Office Copies of Papers or Proceedings. For Office Copy of Sentence or Interlocutory Decree, certified under Seal For Office Copy of any Affidavit, Examination, Answers of a Party, or other Documents or Proceedings in a Cause, or Extract therefrom, if under twelve folios
0 18 0
0 8 0
For preparing Receipt for Money to be paid out of the Registry Poundage on Money paid out of the Registry, for every Pound sterling
8. Taxing Costs.
For taxing a Bill of Costs, if under six folios, from each Party who attends
the Taxation
If the Bill of Costs exceed six folios, for every additional folio (besides the Fees above mentioned), to be paid in equal proportions by each Party who attends; and if but one party attend, to be paid by him solely
Q 2 0
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0 0 3
0 6
00
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