TNAG-1826-FCO40-2594-Hong-Kong-courts-and-legal-system-1988 — Page 10

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prior approval

As provided in the "Rules of the Supreme Court (27)

from the court of Hong Kong must be obtained before indictment papers of such cases can be sent to places outside Hong Kong. It is unlikely that approval will be granted by the court of Hong Kong in this respect and the court may point out that proceedings

on such cases should be done in Britain. Finally, it is still very doubtful whether the courts of Hong Kong have the power to review

(28) acts done or decisions made outside Hong Kong

Summary

This paper has not explained fully and completely the existing scope of jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong. It

has only touched briefly on some of the major points. In the existing

Laws of Hong Kong, there is no single statute that defines

comprehensibly and systemmatically the jurisdiction of the Hong

Kong courts over different kinds of cases. Thus, in tackling this question,

we must start with different branches of law, collect

scattered pieces of relevant material in different statutes and

This paper

common law precedents, and then collate and analyse them. can only be taken as a starting point. It is hoped that as reference material, it will be of some help to studying the matter in a more extensive and in-depth manner in future.