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that Act, but section 20C creates in Hong Kong

new actions for such losses, as recommended by

the Commission. Clause 4 makes consequential

amendments to section 21 of the Ordinance.

4. A new section 56A is added to the

Supreme Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) by clause 5 of

the Bill. This section provides for awards of

provisional damages to be permitted by rules of

court, and mostly follows new section 32A of the

Supreme Court Act 1981 in England, as enacted in

section 6 of the Administration of Justice

Act 1982.

Clause 5(3) enacts an ancillary

provision, as recommended by the Commission, to

enable any further claim of a plaintiff who has

been awarded provisional damages to be provable as

a debt due to the plaintiff, in the event of the

defendant's later bankruptcy.

5. The Bill has no Public Service staffing

or financial implications.