Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For Parchment Plan attached to Lease | $1.00 |
| For registering a Lis Pendens | $1.00 |
| For registering a Writ of Foreign Attachment | $1.00 |
| For registering a Certificate cancelling Writ | $1.00 |
| Description | Fee |
|---|---|
| For every application for Certificate of Competency as Master or First Class Engineer | $20.00 |
| For every application for Certificate of Competency as Mate or Second Class Engineer | $15.00 |
{C.S.O. No. 2271 of 30th September}
Ordinance 10 of 1856.
Ordinance 13 of 1873.
Section 16 of Ordinance 26 of 1891.
The 1st day of October, 1892.
I, the undersigned, Chief Justice of the Colony of Hongkong, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested do hereby order and direct as follows:-
1.—This Order may be cited as The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1892. It shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1893, and shall apply to all causes and matters commenced on and after the said day, and to all proceedings taken on and after the said day in all causes and matters then pending.
2.—The fees and percentages contained or referred to in the several Schedules hereto are fixed and appointed to be and shall be taken in the Supreme Court in the various jurisdictions to which the said Schedules respectively relate; and the said fees and percentages shall, except in so far as the said Schedules provide for a payment in cash, be taken by stamps either impressed or adhesive as the Governor may from time to time direct.
3.—All Orders and Rules of Court heretofore made for the purpose of fixing fees or percentages in the Supreme Court are hereby annulled, but this Order shall not apply to or affect existing fees or percentages directed to be taken or paid by any Ordinance except in so far as such fees or percentages are hereby expressly altered or modified.
4.—A folio comprises 72 words, each figure being counted as a word.
| Description | Fee | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| Sealing every Writ of Summons, for commencement of a Suit, (except a concurrent renewed or amended Writ) and sealing a Writ of Injunction, Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus | $3.00 | |
| Interpleader Summons | $3.00 | |
| Sealing a concurrent, renewed or amended Writ of Summons | $1.00 | |
| Sealing a Subpœna | $2.00 | |
| Sealing a Subpoena for each Witness in addition to the first | $0.50 | |
| Entering an Appearance (each Defendant) | $1.00 | |
| Certificate of Non-Appearance | $1.00 | |
| Sealing a Warrant for arrest of a Defendant, or for arrest and detention of a Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgment | $10.00 | |
| Sealing a Writ of Execution or Writ of Possession | $10.00 | |
| Order for Release of Defendant from Custody | $0.50 | |
| Sealing a Prohibitory Order | $2.00 | |
| Each Copy, Prohibitory Order | $1.00 | |
| Ordinance 12 of 1873 |
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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which lovied.
DEED REGISTRY AND LEASES,--Continued.
For Parchment Plan attached to Lenso,..
For registering a Lis Pondens, ...
For registering a Writ of Foreign Attachment,......................
For registering a Certificate cancelling Writ,.........
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS—
10.00
{C.S.O. No. 2271 of 30th
September,
1.00
Ordinance 10 of 1856.
1.00
Ordinanco 13 of 1873.
1.00
For every application for Certificate of Competency as Mastor or First
Class Engineor,
.$20.00
For overy application for Certificato of Compotency as Mato or Second
Class Engineer,.
Section 16 of Ordinance
26 of 1891.
15.00
ORDER AS TO THE FEES AND PERCENTAGES TO BE
TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT.
The 1st day of October, 1892.
I, the undersignod, Chiof Justico of the Colony of Hongkong, by virtuo of the power and authority in mo vested do horoby order nud direct as follows:-
1.—This Order may be cited as The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1892. It shall
come into force on the 1st day of January, 1893, and shall apply to all causes and matters commenced on and after the said day, and to all proceedings taken on and after tho said day in all causes and matters thon ponding. 2.-Tho fecs and percentagos contained or roforred to in the several Schedulos horoto aro fixed and appointed to be and shall bo takon in the Supremo Court in the various jurisdictions to which tho said Schedules respectively relato; and tho said fees and percontages shall, oxcopt in so far as the said Schedules provide for a payment in cash, bo taken by stamps either impressed or adhesive us the Governor may from time to timo direct.
3.—All Orders and Rules of Court heretofore made for the purpose of fixing fees or percentages in the Supreme Court uro horoby aunnlod, but this Order shall not apply to or affect existing foes or porcentagos directed to be takon or paid by nny Ordinance oxcept in so far as such fees or porcentages are hereby oxpressly altered or modified.
4.—A folio comprisos 72 words, onch figuro boing counted as a word,
SCHEDULE 1.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Writ of Summons, Subpænas, and Appearance.
Soaling overy Writ of Suminons, for commencement of a Suit, (oxcept a cou
current ronowed or amended Writ) and scaling a Writ of Injunction, Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus,
Interpleader Summons,
Sealing a concurront, renewed or amended Writ of Summons,
Sonling a Subpœna,
Sealing a Subpoena for each Witness in addition to the first,
Entoring an Appearance (each Defendant),
Certificate of Non-Appearance,
Writs of Execution, &c.
Sealing a Warrant for arrest of a Defendant, or for arrest and detention of a
Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgment,
Soaling & Writ of Execution or Writ of Possession,
Order for Release of Dofondaut from Custody,
Scaling a Prohibitory Order,
Each Copy, Prohibitory Order, ....
.$ 3.00
3.00
1,00
2.00
0.50
1.00
1.00
10.00
10.00
0.50
2.00
1,00
Ordinanco 12 of 1873.
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