38 COLONIAL ORDINANCES.
mislead the opposite Party, shall and may, in all cases, be amended
or altered by the Court.
Allowance and Re- XX. And be it further enacted and ordained, That in all Actions
covery of Fees.
and Complaints or other Proceedings under the Summary Jurisdiction
given by this Ordinance, the Fees specified by the Schedule hereunto
annexed shall, unless and until otherwise ordered and directed, be
established, and be deemed and taken as the lawful Fees and
Emoluments for the Discharge of the several Duties therein specified ;
and the Chief Justice of the said Supreme Court shall have full
Power to compel the Payment thereof in a Summary Way, by Order,
and on Non-payment, by Warrant of Distress and Sale, under his
Registrar to receive Hand, and sealed with the Seal of the Court ; and the said Fees shall
and account for Fees. be received and accounted for by the Registrar of the said Court,
and be paid over Quarterly to the Colonial Treasurer for the Public
Uses of the said Colony.
Power to make Rules XXI. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall and
and Orders.
may be lawful to and for the Chief Justice of the said Supreme
Court, from Time to Time, by any General Rule or Order, to make
such further Regulations for the effectual Execution of this Ordinance,
as to him shall seem fit and necessary.
Interpretation Clause. XXII. And be it further enacted and ordained, That in the
Construction of this Ordinance, wherever in describing any Person
or Party, Matter or Thing, the Word importing the Singular Number
or Masculine Gender only is used, the same shall be understood to
include, and shall be applied to Several Persons or Parties as well as
One Person or Party, and Females as well as Males, and Several
Matters or Things as well as One Matter or Thing respectively, unless
there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such
Construction.
JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS,
Governor, &c. &c.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 19th Day of August, 1845 .
ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY,
Clerk of Councils.
Forms relating to Sum- SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.
mary Jurisdiction , Sec. 5.
Entry of Plaint. Entry of Plaint.
Colony of Hongkong A. B. of
to wit.
in the Colony of Hongkong hereby requires Entry to be made in the Supreme Court of
the said Colony acting under its Summary Jurisdiction, of his Plaint against C. D. of
in the said Colony, for a Sum of
being for (here state generally the Cause of Action ) in the
Particular hereunto annexed fully set forth. And the said A. B. hereby declares that the
said Particular contains a correct, full, and true Statement of his Demand against the said
C. D., and that the said C. D. is justly and truly indebted to him the said A. B. in the
said Sum of and thereupon the said A. B. prayeth that the said C. D.
may be summoned to attend on the Day of at the
said Supreme Court so acting as aforesaid, to answer such his Demand .
Dated this day of A. D. 184
Witness. A. B.-Plaintiff.
Registrar.
Summons.