142 ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1845 .
Supreme Court - Summary Jurisdiction.
Allowance and 20. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in all actions and complaints or
recovery of fees.
[Sec Ord. No. 3 other proceedings under the summary jurisdiction given by this Ordinance, the fees
of 1849. ]
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 emolu
ments 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 sum
mary way by order, and on non- payment, by warrant of distress and sale, under his
Registrar to hand, and sealed with the seal of the Court ; and the said fees shall be received and
receive and
account for fees.
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 21. And be it further enacted and ordained, that it shall and may be lawful to
rules and orders.
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 to him shall seem fit and necessary.
Interpretation 22. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this
clause.
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 .
Forma relating to SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS .
summary
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 juridiction, his plaint against C. D., of
in the said Colony, for a sum of being for (here state generally the cause
ofaction) , 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.
To
Summons. Hongkong You are hereby summoned and required to attend the Supreme Court of Hongkong to be
to wit
holden at the Court House in at ten o'clock in the forenoon of
day of next, then and there to answer the demand of