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(20 & 21 Geo. & c. 23).

(53 Vict. C. 6).

"(2) The Supreme Court shall have in addition such jurisdiction as may be exercised in England by the Lord Chancellor or other judge or judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature under the provisions of the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts, 1890 to 1930, and for such purpose-

(a) the expression "the Lunacy and Mental Treat- ment Acts, 1890 to 1936" shall have the meaning attributed thereto in section 22 of the Mental Treatment Act, 1930:

(b) "Great Seal" in the Lunacy Act, 1890, shall

include the seal of the Supreme Court;

(c) the provisions of the said Acts with respect to the Lord Chancellor or the Court of Chancery or any judge in England shall be interpreted to include the Supreme Court in its equity jurisdiction and the judges thereof),

(a) the functions and powers of, the Master in Lunacy in England shall be exercised by the Registrar of the Supreme Court;

(e) the functions and powers of the Official Solicitor in Lunacy shall be exercised by the Registrar General:

() every officer (however designated) of the Supreme Court or judge thereof having or executing functions of the like kind OT analogous to the functions of any officer (however designated) acting under the direction of the Lord Chancellor, or of the Court of Chancery, or of any judge in England, shall be deemed to be within the meaning of any of the provisions of the said Acts respecting such last- mentioned officers;

(g) the forms contained in the schedules to any of the said Acts may be used in the Colony in the cases to which they respectively have reference with such variations and additions as circum- stances may require.

(2A) Without prejudice to the generality of sec- tion 37, rules of court made thereunder may provide for the percentage and fees payable in proceedings relating to persons of unsound mind and their estates and for

regulating the mode in which the same are to be ascertained and paid. The percentage, or & proper proportionate part thereof as the case may be, shall be charged upon and be payable out of the estate of a person of unsound mind, but a judge in lunacy may in his discretion remit or reduce the sum to be paid."

17.

3. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment insertion in both cases after the words "rules of court" in the of section second line of subsection (5) and the third line of subsection (6) of the following-

4.

"or under or by virtue of this Ordinance".

of section

Section 24 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment deletion of the first two lines of subsection (a) and the substitution 24, therefor of the following-

**(*) The long vacation shall commence on the 1st day of August and terminate on the 14th day of September."'

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 34th day of June, 1953.

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

(Secretariat 41/3231/50)