CO129-540-18 Service of writs 11-12-1931 - 14-11-1933 — Page 13

No.

482.

2685

REC

2 8 NOV 1932

GOL.

བས་གཁ་ས

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

4

13

HONG KONG,

27th October, 1932.

F.O.

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Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge the

receipt of your despatch No. 290 of the 19th August,

1932, transmitting certain Writs of Summons granted

by the High Court of Justice at Tehran. These

documents were forwarded in due course to the

Registrar of the Supreme Court, who has now returned

them stating that he is unable to act without a

letter of request from the High Court of Justice at

Tehran.

2.

The duties of the Registrar in matters of

this kind are defined by Section 42 A of the Code

of Civil Procedure, Ordinance No.3 of 1901, the

relevant part of which is as follows:-

"Where in any civil or commercial matter

pending before a Court or Tribunal of a foreign

country a letter of request from such Court or

Tribunal for service on any person in this

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

Colony of any process or citation in such

matter is transmitted to the Supreme Court by

the Colonial Secretary with an intimation that

it is desirable that effect should be given to

the same, the following procedure shall be

adopted: -

SIR P. CUNLIFFE-LISTER, G.B.E., M.C., M.P.,

&C.,

&c.,

重

&c.

(1)

com.