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the Form of the said Subpoena shall, as near as may be, be according
to the like Form established in the said Court in and for Civil Cases.
Private Prosecutor XLVII. That when the Prosecution is at the Instance of a
to pay Sheriff's Costs Private Person, he or she, or some one on his or her behalf, shall, at
together with Expens-
es.
the Time of delivering the said Subpoena and Copies thereof, also
pay to the Sheriff his lawful Costs and Charges for executing the
same, together with such further Sum or Sums of Money as the said
Private Party intends the said Sheriff to give or tender to the said
Witnesses respectively for their Travelling Expenses.
Service of Subpœna. XLVIII. That service of any Subpoena upon any Person therein
named to give Evidence, shall be made by delivering to him or her,
or by leaving with some one of his or her Household for him or her
at his or her Dwelling-house, or with some one of his or her Clerks
at his or her Counting-house or Place of Business, when he or she
cannot be found, a Copy of the said Subpoena ; and the summoning
Officer shall at the same time shew him or her, or the Person with
whom the Copy is left, the Original, and shall inform him or her of
the Exigency thereof; and the said Officer shall in all cases endorse
on, or annex to the Original, a Return of the Manner of his Execution
thereof, and shall transmit the same to the Registrar of the Court.
Pleading to Indict- XLIX . That the Prisoner or Prisoners to be tried upon any
ment or Information. Indictment or Information shall be placed at the Bar unfettered ,
unless the Court shall see Cause otherwise to order ; and the Indict-
ment or Information shall be read over to him, her, or them, by the
Registrar or other Officer of the Court, and explained, if need be, by
that Officer, or the Interpreter of the Court ; and such Prisoner or
Prisoners shall be required to plead instantly thereto ; unless where
the Prisoner or Prisoners is or are entitled to Service of a Copy of
the Indictment or Information , he, she, or they, shall object to the
Want of such Service, and the Court shall find that he, she, or they,
has or have not been duly served therewith.
5.-FEES.
Fees.
L. That in all Matters and Proceedings in the said Supreme
Court, the Fees specified in the Schedule hereunto annexed, marked
No. 7, shall be the lawful Fees to be taken and allowed in the said
Court (other than in Proceedings under the Summary Jurisdiction
thereof) unless and until it shall be otherwise ordered and directed
by and with the Sanction of the Legislative Council. And all Fees
received by the Registrar, as well as those received by the Inferior
Officers of the Court, shall be accounted for Quarterly by them
respectively to the Colonial Treasury.
BY THE COURT,
ROBERT DUNDAS CAY,
Registrar.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 11th Day of March, 1847 .
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO,
Clerk of Councils.
Schedules.