ORDINANCES Nos. 7 AND S OF 1882 . 1643
Bankers' Books Evidence. Banishments and Conditional Pardons.
Proviso as to
5. Provided always, that no ledger, day book, cash book, or other account book of notice to parties
any such bank, and no copies of entries therein contained, shall be adduced or received in a suit.
in evidence under this Ordinance unless five days' notice in writing, or such other
notice as may be ordered by the Court, containing a copy of the entries proposed to be
adduced and of the intention to adduce the same in evidence , shall have been given by
the party proposing to adduce the same in evidence to the other party or parties to the
said legal proceeding, and that such other party or parties is or are at liberty to inspect
the original entries and the accounts of which such entries form a part.
6. On the application of any party to any legal proceedings who has received such Power under
order of Court to
inspect books
notice, a Judge of the Supreme Court may order that such party be at liberty to inspect and take copies.
and to take copies of any entry or entries in the ledger, day books, cash books, or
other account books of any such bank relating to the matters in question in such legal
proceedings, and such orders may be made by such Judge at his discretion either with
or without summoning before him such bank or the other party or parties to such legal
proceedings, and shall be intimated to such bank at least three days before such copies
are required.
7. On the application of any party to any legal proceedings who has received Judge may order
that copies are
notice, a Judge of the Supreme Court may order that such entries and copies mentioned not admissible.
in the said notice shall not be admissible as evidence of the matters, transactions , and
accounts recorded in such ledgers, day books, cash books, and other account books.
8. No bank shall be compellable to produce the ledgers, days books, cash books , Bank not com
pellable to
or other account books of such bank in any legal proceedings, unless a Judge of the produce books
except in certain
cases.
Supreme Court specially orders that such ledgers , day books, cash books, or other
account books should be produced at such legal proceedings .
[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 3 of 1885. ]
No. 8 of 1882 .
An Ordinance entitled The Banishment and Conditional Pardons Title.
Ordinance , 1882.
[ 1st March, 1882. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
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Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. In the construction of this Ordinance, the expression " order of Interpreta
tion clause.
banishment " means an order of the Governor in Council, prohibiting a
person from residing or being within this Colony , for a term not exceeding
five years .