| Fee Description | Fee Amount | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| For Parchment Plan attached to Lease | $1.00 | Ordinance 10 of 1856 |
| For registering a Lis Pendens | $1.00 | Ordinance 13 of 1873 |
| For registering a Writ of Foreign Attachment | $1.00 | |
| For registering a Certificate cancelling Writ | C.S.U. No. 2271 of 30th September, 1878 |
| Fee Description | Fee Amount | Authority |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Section 15 of Ordinance 26 of 1891 |
ORDER AS TO THE FEES AND PERCENTAGES TO BE TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT
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, for 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.
| Fee Description | Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| a Subpœna for each Witness in addition to the first | $0.50 |
| Sealing a Subpœna | $1.00 |
| Entering an Appearance (each Defendant) | $2.00 |
| Fee Description | Fee Amount |
|---|---|
| Certificate of Non-Appearance | $1.00 |
| 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 | $2.00 |
| Order for Release of Defendant from Custody | $1.00 |
| Sealing a Prohibitory Order | |
| Each Copy, Prohibitory Order | $0.50 |
Order in Council, 3rd Aug., 1883, and Secretary of State's Despatch dated 4th September, 1894, ordering all Admiralty Fees to be remitted into the Colonial Treasury.
Ordinance 12 of 1873,
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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.
DEED REGISTRY AND LEASES,--Continued.
For Parchment Plan attached to Lease,.....
For registering a Lis Pendens,
For registering a Writ of Foreign Attachment,... For registering a Certificate cancelling Writ,....
EXAMINATION Of Masters, Mates and EngiNEERS:-
I
C.S.U. No. 2271 of 30th
10.00
September, 1878.
1.00
Ordinance 10 of 1856.
1.00
Ordinance 13 of 1873.
1.00
For every application for Certificate of Competency as Master or First
Class Engineer,.....
..$ 20.00
For every application for Certificate of Competency as Mate or Second
Class Engineer,...........
Section 15 of Ordinanco
26 of 1891.
15.00
Admiralty Fees,
ORDER AS TO THE FEES AND PERCENTAGES TO BE
TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT.
The 1st day of October, 1892.
1, the undersigned, Chief Justice of the Colony of Hongkong, by virtue of the power and authority in me vested da hereby order and direet as follows :-
1.—This Order may be cited as The Supreme Court Fees Order, 189%. It shull
come into force on the 1st day of January, 1893, und shall apply to all canses and matters commenced pa and after the said day, and to all proceedings taken on aid after the said day in all causes and matters then pending, 2.—The fees and percentages contained or referred to in the soverál Schedules hereto are fixed nid appointed to be and shall be taken in the Supreme Court in the varions jurisdictions to which the said. Sebedules resportively relate; and the snid fees and percentages shall, except in so far as the said Schedules provido for a payment in cash, bo taken by stamps either impressed or adhesive ns the Governor may from time to time direct,
3—All Onlers and Rules of Court heretofore made for the purpose of fixing fees or percentages in the Supreme Court are hereby muualled, fur this Order shall not apply to or affect existing fees or percentages directed to be taken or puid by any Ordinance oxcept in so far as such fees or percentages are hereby expressly niteral or modifiel.
4—A folio comprises 72 words, ench figure boing counted as a word.
Schedule 1.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Writ of Summons, Subpænas, and Appearance.
Sealing every Writ of Summour, for commencement of a Suit, (excopt a cou- current renewed or amended Writ) and sealing a Writ of Injunction, Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus,
Interplender Summons,
Sealing a concurrent, renewed or amended Writ of Summons,
a Subpænu for ench Wituess in addition to the first,
Scaling a Subpænn,
Sealing
Entering
au Appearance (ench Dofendant),
Writs of Execution, &c.
Certifiente of Non-Appearanco,
a Warrant for arrest of a Defondant, or for arrest and detention of a
Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgmanit,
Scaling
Sealing
a Writ of Execution or Writ of Possession,
Onler for Retense of Dofemiant from Custody,
Scaling a Prohibitory Onler,
Each Copy, Prohibitory Orlor,
.3 3.00
3,00
1.00
2.00
0.50
1.00
1.00
10,00
10.00
0.50
2.00
1.00
Order in Council, Bel Aug.. 1883, and Secretary of State's Despatch dated 4th September, 1894, ordering all Admiralty Fees to be remittesi into the Colonial Treasury.
Ordinance 12 of 1873,
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