11740-1909-General-Rules-as-to-Appeals-to-the-Privy-Council — Page 3

88 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19, 1909.

Case.

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Rule.

60. Lodging of Case.

61. Printing of Case.

62. Number of prints to be lodged.

63. Form of Case.

64. Separate Cases by two or more Respondents.

65. Notice of lodgment of Case.

66. Case Notice.

67. Setting down Appeal and exchanging Cases.

Binding Records, &c.

68. Mode of binding Records, &c., for use of Judicial Committee.

69. Time within which bound copies shall be lodged.

Hearing.

70. Notice to parties of date of commencement of Sittings; entering

Appeals for hearing.

71. Notice to parties of day fixed for hearing Appeal.

72. Only two Counsel heard on a side in Appeals.

73. Nautical Assessors.

Judgment.

74. Notice to parties of day fixed for delivery of Judgment.

Costs.

75. Taxation of costs.

76. What costs taxed in England.

77. Order to tax.

78. Power of Taxing Officer where taxation delayed through the fault

of the party whose costs are to be taxed.

79. Appeal from decision of Taxing Officer.

80. Amount of taxed costs to be inserted in His Majesty's Order in

Council.

81. Taxation on the pauper scale.

82. Security to be dealt with as His Majesty's Order in Council

determining Appeal directs.

Miscellaneous.

83. Power of Judicial Committee to excuse from compliance with Rules. 84. Amendment of documents.

85. Affidavits may be sworn before the Registrar of the Privy Council. 86. Change of Agent.

87. Scope of application of Rules.

88. Mode of citation and date of operation.

Schedule A. Rules as to printing.

Schedule B. Countries and Places referred to in Rules 21, 29 and 34.

Schedule C.-I. Fees allowed to Agents.

II. Council Office Fees.

Interpreta- tion.

1.--(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires :-

"Appeal" means an Appeal to His Majesty in Council; "Judgment" includes decree, order, sentence, or decision of any Court,

Judge, or Judicial Officer ;

"Record" means the aggregate of papers relating to an Appeal (includ- ing the pleadings, proceedings, evidence and judgments) proper to be laid before His Majesty in Council on the hearing of the Appeal;

"Registrar" means the Registrar or other proper officer having the

custody of the Records in the Court appealed from ;

"Abroad" means the country or place where the Court appealed from

is situate;

"Agent" means a person qualified by virtue of Her late Majesty's Order in Council of the 6th March 1896 to conduct proceedings before His Majesty in Council on behalf of another;

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