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GIVEs under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony of Hong Kong, this 20th day of September, 1957.

Published by His Excellency's Command,

Claude Burgess

Acting Colonial Secretary.

zoth September, 1957-

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

(Secretariat CR9/3231/48)

דיד

SUPREME COURT ORDINANCE

(Chapter 4). and

CROWN PROCEEDINGS ORDINANCE, 1957. (No. 18 of 1957).

CODE OF CIVIl Procedure (Amendment [CROWN PROCEEDINGS]) RULES, 1957.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Supreme Court Ordinance and section 30 of the Crown Proceed- ings Ordinance, 1957, the Rules Committee have made the following rules→→

1. These rules may be cited as the Code of Civil Procedure Citation. (Amendment [Crown Proceedings]) Rules, 1957.

واجده

1. Rule 2 of Order 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (here- Amendment inafter referred to as the principal rules) is amended by the of Order I

rule 2. insertion after the definition of "cause of action" of the (Vol VII, following-

“0. 71, e. 1. “civil proceedings by the Crown" and "civil proceed- ings against the Crown" and "civil proceedings by or against the Crown" have the same respective meanings as in Part III of the Crown Proceedings Ordinance, 1957, and do not include any of the proceedings specified in subsection (3) of section to of that Ordinance;

(18 of 1857).

"civil proceedings to which the Crown is a party" has the same meaning as it has for the purposes of Part V of the Crown Proceedings Ordinance, 1957, by virtue of subsection (4) of section 2 of that Ordinance.

Except where the context otherwise requires, references in these rules to actions for the recovery of land or for the recovery of possession of land shall be construed as including proceedings against the Crown for an order declaring that the plaintiff is entitled as against the Crown to the land or to the possession thereof, and references

P. 44).