t
Jode itself is, in great part, based upon that of 1873.
** It has been evident for some tive past that the Hong Kong Code of Civil Procedure, which has now been in force for
more than 27 years, needed to be revised and brought up to date.
This task was undertaken by Sir J. Carrington the Chief Justice
with the sanction of the Governor and the Secretary of State.
He prepared a draft Code while on leave in England and got it
painted, and copies arrived in the Colony in April last.
These copies were distributed among the members of the
legal profession for their consideration,and a Committee was
formed last July for the purpose of examining, revising, and set-
tling the draft.
The Committee consisted of the Chief Justice, the Act-
ing Puisne Judge, two members of the Bar (Mr. Pollock and Mr.
Sharp) and two Solicitors (Mr. V. H. Deacon and Mr. J. F. Reece).
At the same time, all the members of the profession were invited
to send in to the Committee written suggestions for the improve-
ment of the Draft, and the work of Revision was thoroughly and
carefully done by this Committee.
*
The Bill was then introduced by me into the Legislative
ouncil and, when it had been read a second time, it was referred
to the Standing Law Committee of which I was the Chairman. This *
mmittee, accordingly, went through the Code again before it was
ad a third time, and I have no doubt that it will be found well
dapted to the requirements of modern practice and suited to the
eeds of the Colony.
A Statement of Clain and a Statement of Defence are now
substituted for the Petition and Answer of the 1873 Code, and
The practice, generally, has been brought into line with that at
present prevailing in England, so far as has been deemed prac--
Iticable.
The Code is to come into operation on the 1st day of
uly next, that is to say upon the same date as the Civil Proce-
ure (Statutes Repeal) Ordinance, 1901, The Trustee Ordinance, 901, and the Law Amendment Ordinance, 1901.
W. Meigh Gordman,
Attorney General.
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