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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1911.

FORM No. Sa.

NOTICE OF WRIT IN LIEU OF SERVICE TO BE

GIVEN OUT OF THE JURISDICTION.

(Title, $e.)

To G.H., of

Take notice, that A.B., of

has commenced an

A.D.

action against you. G.H., in the Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Hongkong by writ of that Court, dated the day of

19 ; which writ is indorsed as follows [copy in full the indorsements], and you are required within days after the receipt of this notice, inclusive of the day of such receipt, to de- fend the said action, by causing an appearance to he entered for you in the said Court to the said action; and in default of your so doing, the said A.B. may proceed therein, and judgment may be given in your absence.

You may appear to the said writ by entering an appear- ance personally or by your Solicitor at the Registry of the Supreme Court Hongkong.

(Signed)

A.B. of &c.

or X.Y. of

&c.

Solicitor for A.B.

N.B. This notice is to be used where the person to be served is not a British subject, and is not in British dominions,

FORM No. 86.

LETTER FORWARDING REQUEST FOR SERVICE ABROAD,

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong presents his compliments to the Colonial Secretary and begs to enclose a notice of a writ of summons issued in an

action of

TEPSUS

pursuant to order out of the Supreme Court of Hongkong in order that necessary steps may be taken to ensure its trausmission to the

in [name of country] with the request that the same may be served personally apon [name of defendant to be served] against whom proceedings have been taken in the said Supreme Court, and with the further request that such evidence of the service of the same upon the said defendant may be off- cially certified to the said Supreme Court, or declared upon oath, or otherwise, in such manner as is consistent with the usage or practice of the Courts of the [name of country] in proving service of legal process.

The Chief Justice hegs further to request that in the event of efforts to personal service of the said notice of weit proving ineffectual the Government or Court of the said country he requested to certify the same to the said Supreme Court.

FORM No. 8e.

REQUEST FOR SERVICE OF NOTICE ABROAD. (Title, $c.)

I (or we) hereby request that a notice of writ of sum- mons in this action be transmitted through the proper channel to [we of country] for service on the defendant [naming him] at [address of defendant] or elsewhere in [name of country],

And I (or we) hereby personally undertake to be respon- sible for all expenses incurred by the Colonial Secretary in respect of the service hereby requested, and on receiving dne notification of the amount of such expenses I (or we) undertake to pay the same to the Chief Clerk at the Colonial Secretary's Office, and to produce the receipt for such payment to the proper officer of the Supreme Court.

Dated, &c.

(Signature of Solicitor.)

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