ORDINANCES Nos . 21 AND 22 OF 1882 . 1657
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Supreme Court .
For the purposes of this section the expression " the
general assets of the company " means the funds available
for payment of the general creditors as well as the note
holders ;
and by substituting for section 13 the following section :
13. The total amount of the bills and notes of the company
payable to bearer on demand actually in circulation shall
not at any time exceed the amount of the capital of the
company actually paid up , and there shall be kept by each
establishment ofthe company an amount of coin and bullion
equal to one- third at least of such of the said bills and notes.
as were issued from such establishment and are for the
time being in circulation.
No. 22 of 1882.
[See Ord. No.
An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873 .
17 of 1884. }
[ 19th December, 1882. ]
HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Supreme Court Ordinance , Preamble.
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1873 , and to make further provision for the execution of the
process of the Supreme Court ; Be it enacted by the Governor of
Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
1. Section 15 of the Supreme Court Ordinance, 1873 , is hereby Sec. 15 of
Ordinance 12
amended by substituting the words " 2 Deputy Registrars " in place of of 1873
amended .
the words " a Deputy Registrar " and the words " 2 clerks of the Court "
"instead of the words " a clerk of the Court."
2. The Governor may from time to time appoint one or more bailiffs Appointment
of bailiffs and
of the Supreme Court, and may also from time to time approve of the deputy
bailiffs.
appointment by any such bailiff of a deputy bailiff. Each bailiff may,
however, act as the deputy of another and execute any process of the Court,
although it may have been directed personally to some other bailiff.
3. The Registrar shall direct the process ofthe Court to be executed Registrar may
direct execu
by such of the bailiffs of the Court as he may from time to time think fit. tion of pro
cess.