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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS.
Hongkong..
... 30th August,
Report on Ordinance No. 3 of 191/.
191
I have examined the accompanying Ordinonce, entitled
"An Ordinance to amend the Code of Civil Pro-
cedure.
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and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions,
Section 2 makes it clear that references to the Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure as distinct from the Code of Civil Procedure are references to the old repealed Hong Kong Code. Section 3 authorises a verbal alteration which does not affect the legal meaning. Section 4 amends section 4 of the Principal Ordinance which is in the following terms: "In all cases in respect to which no provision is made by this Code, the Rules of Practice for the time being in force in the Supreme Court in England shall be deemed to be in force in the Court, subject to their applicability and with such modificationsas the circumstances may require." The principal object of the amendment is to give the Legislative Council a greater mea- sure of control than they have at present over the introduction into the Code (which is a legislative patchwork of the English practice