CO129-537-7 Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Amendment Ordinance 1932 27-10-1932 - 12-4-1933 — Page 11

L.S.

HONG KONG.

No. 33 of 1932.

I assent.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Officer Administering the Government.

28th October, 1932.

An Ordinance to amend the Supreme Court (Admiralty

Procedure) Ordinance, 1896.

28th October, 1932.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Supreme Court Short title. (Admiralty Procedure) Amendment Ordinance, 1932.

of Ordin-

ance No. 6

2. Faragraph (14) of the particulars required by rule 53 Amendment in the Schedule to the Supreme Court (Admiralty Procedure) Ordinance, 1896, is repealed and the following paragraphs are substituted therefor :-

(14) the sound signals, if any, which were given, and when; and

(15) the sound signals, if any, which were heard from the other ship, and when.

of 1896, Schedule, rule 53.

3. Rule 54 in the said Schedule is repealed and the Substitution following rule is substituted :---

for Ordin- ance No. 6 of 1896, Schedule, rule 54.

unless

54. After appearance any party to an action may apply No pleadings to the court for an order for pleadings. If no such application applied for is made, or if on such application pleadings are not ordered, and ordered. the action shall be heard without pleadings.

clause.

4. This Ordinance shall not come into operation unless Suspending and until the Governor notifies by Proclamation His Majesty's pleasure thereon, and thereafter it shall come into operation upon such day as the Governor shall notify by the same or any other Proclamation.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 27th day of October, 1932.

R. A. C. North,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

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