Transitional provisions.
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(3) The regulations may apply generally to all legal matters, whether relating to proceedings in court or otherwise, or may apply to any specified class of matters or proceedings or to all matters or proceedings other than matters or proceedings of a specified class.
29. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, no person shall, after the commencement of this Ordinance, be admitted to take, defend or be a party to any proceedings as a pauper.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance, legal aid shall not be available to any person in respect of any cause of action which arose before the commencement of this Ordinance, except to a person who has before the commencement of this Ordinance applied to be admitted or been admitted to take, defend or be a party to any proceedings as a pauper or who would, in the opinion of the Director, have been so admitted if he had applied before such com- mencement.
SCHEDULE.
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6. In the District Court, proceedings for damages for assault and battery.
7.
In the District Court, proceedings where the only question to be brought before the court is as to the payment of à debt not exceeding five hundred dollars.
E. Proceedings incidental, to any proceedings mentioned in this Part of this Schedule.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 23rd day of November, 1966, and is found by me to be a true and correctly primed copy of the said Bill.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat GR9/3221/4901)
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PROCEEDINGS FOR WHICA LEGAL AID MAY BE GIVEN UNDER SECTION 5.
PART 1.
Description of proceedings.
1. Civil proceedings in any of the following courts—
(a) Full Court:
(b) Supreme Court;
(14 of 1955),
(c) District Court.
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Civil proceedings before any person to whom a case is referred in whole or in part by any of the said courts,
PART IL
Excepted proceedings.
1. Proceeding wholly or partly in respect of
(a) defamation;
(b) breach of promise of marriage;
(c) the loss of services of a woman or girl in consequence of her rape or
seduction;
(d) the inducement of one spouse to leave or remain apart from the other.
7. Relator actions.
3.
Proceedings for the recovery of a penalty where the proceedings may be taken by any person and the whole or part of the penalty is payable to the person taking the proceedings.
4.
Election petitions under the Urban Council Ordinance 1955.
5. In the District Court, in the case of a defendant, proceedings where the only question to be brought before the court is as to the time and mode of payment by him of debt (including liquidated damages) and costs.