TNAG-1832-FCO40-2600-Hong-Kong-Complex-Commercial-Crimes-Ordinance-1988-(No.-57-o-1988 — Page 14

COMPLEX COMMERCIAL CRIMES

Ord. No. 57/88

A289

HONG KONG

No. 57 OF 1988

I assent.

L.S.

David WILSON,

Governor.

7 July 1988

An Ordinance to make provision for the trial of complex commercial

crimes.

[8 July 1988]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

PART I

1.

PRELIMINARY

This Ordinance may be cited as the Complex Commercial Crimes Short title Ordinance 1988.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"court" means the High Court of Justice acting in the exercise of its criminal

jurisdiction;

"defence response" has the meaning given to it in section 16;

"judge" means a judge or a deputy judge of the court;

"order of transfer" means an order made under section 4 transferring

proceedings to the court;

"preparatory hearing" means a preparatory hearing under Part III;

"prosecution case statement" has the meaning given to it in section 13;

"Registrar" means the Registrar of the Supreme Court.

Interpretation