For Parchment Plan attached to Lease,................ 10.00
C.8.0. No. 2271 of 30th September, 1878.
For Plans attached to Possessory Agreement of Reclamation, 10.00
C.8.0. No. 1724 of 18th July, 1900.
For registering a Lis Pendens, 1.00
Ordinance 10 of 1856.
For registering a Writ of Foreign Attachment............ 1.00
Ordinance 5 of 1901.
For registering a Certificate cancelling Writ,.. 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,... 15.00
Section 15 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.
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| 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 Subpœna for each Witness in addition to the first, | 0.50 |
| Entering an Appearance (each Defendant), | 1.00 |
| Certificate of Non-Appearance, | 1.00 |
| Item | Fee |
|---|---|
| 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, | 2.00 |
| Order for Release of Defendant from Custody, | 0.50 |
| Sealing a Prohibitory Order, | 2.00 |
| Each Copy, Prohibitory Order, | 1.00 |
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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 Lense,................
10.00
For Plaus attached to Possessory Agreement of Reclamation,
10,00
[ C.8.0. No. 2271 of 30th
|__September, 1878.
JC.8.0. No. 1724 of 18th
July, 1900.
For registering a Lis Pendens,
1.00
Ordinance 10 of 1856.
For registering a Writ of Foreign Attachment............
1.00
Ordinance 5 of 1901.
For registering a Certificate cancelling Writ,..
1.00
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS:-
For every application for® Certificate of Competency as Master or First
Class Engineer,
..3 20.00
For every application for Certificate of Competency as Mate or Second
Class Engineer,...
Section 15 of Ordinance
26 al 1891.
15.00
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 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 ou and after the said day in all causes and matters then pending. 2.-The fees and perecutnges 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 suid 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 aunulled, but this Order shuff 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,
SCHEDULE L
The Supreme Court Fees
Order, 1892. (Vide page 987 of the Government Gazette, 1892.)
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Writ of Summons, Subpænas, and Appearance.
Sealing every Writ of Summous, for commencement of a suit, (except a con- current, renewed or amended Writ) and sealing a Writ of Injunction. Certiorari, Mandamus or Habeas Corpus,
$3.00
Interpleador Simmons,
3.00
Sealing a concurrent, renewed or amended Writ of Summous,
1.00
Sealing a Subpœna,
2.00
Sealing a Subparna for each Witness in addition to the first, Entering an Appearance (each Defendant),
0.50
+
1.00
Certificate of Non-Appearance,
1.00
Writs of Execution, &c.
Sealing » Warrant for arrest of a Defendant, or for arrest and detention of a
Ship or for Attachment of Property before Judgment,
Sealing & Writ of Excention or Writ of Possession, Order for Relense of Defendant from Custody, Sealing a Prohibitory Onler,
Each Copy, Prohibitory Order,
1440
10.00
10.00
0,50
2.00
1.00
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