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By Section 288 of this latter
Ordinance the Summons for setting down the cause for trial
shall specify the mode of trial desired by the party
making the application.
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By Sub-section 2 of the same
Section on the hearing of the surmons, the Court shall make
such Order as to the mode of trial as it may think fit, but
subject to the provisions hereafter contained.
By Section 289 in any action of
libel, slander, false imprisonment, malicious prosecution,
seduction, or breach of promise of marriage, the Plaintiff
or Defendant may in the summons or on the hearing of the
summons, as the case may be, signify his desire to have the
issues of fact tried by the Court with a Jury, and there-
-upon the same shall be so tried.
By Section 290 causes or matters
which would, previously to the commencement of the Hongkong
Code of Civil Procedure (this refers to the old code) have
been heard by the Court in its equitable jurisdiction,
shall be tried by the Court without a Jury, unless the
Court otherwise orders.
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This Section means in effect that
any cause or matter which would be properly assigned in
England
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