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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 8TH AUGUST, 1896.

146. The person attached shall, without delay, be brought before the Court, and if he persists in his disobedience or contempt, the Court may order him to be committed. Forms of order for committal and of committal will be found in the Appendix hereto, Nos. 47 and 48.

The order for committal shall be executed by the bailiff.

INSTRUMENTS, &c.

147. The bailiff shall execute Ly himself or his officer all instruments issued from the Court which are addressed to him and shall make returns thereof.

148. Every warrant, release, commission, attachment, and other instrument to be executed by any officer of, or commissioner acting under the authority of the Court, shall be prepared in the registry and signed by the registrar, and

shall be issued under the seal of the Court.

149. Every document issued under the seal of the Court shall bear date on the day of sealing, and shall be deemed to be issued at the time of the sealing thereof.

150. Every document requiring to be served shall he served within six months from the date thereof otherwise the service shall not be valid.

151. Every instrument to be executed by the bailiff shall be left with the bailiff by the party at whose instance it is issued, with written instructions for the execution thereof

NOTICES FROM THE REGISTRY.

152. Any notice from the registry may be either left at, or sent by post to, the address for service of the party to whom notice is to be given.

FILING.

153. Documents shall be filed by leaving the same in the registry, with a minute stating the nature of the document, and the date of filing it. A form of minute on filing any document will be found in the Appendix hereto, No. 49.

154. Any number of documents in the same action may be filed with one and the same minute.

155. No document, except preliminary acts, buit bonds, documents issued from the registry, and minutes, shall be filed without a certificate indorsed thereon, signed by the party filing the same, that a copy thereof has been served upon the adverse party, if any.

RECORDS OF THE COURT,

156. There shall be kept in the registry a book, to be called the minute book, in which the registrar shall enter in order of date, under the head of each action, and on a page numbered with the number of the action, a record of the commencement of the action, of all appearances entered, all documents issued or filed, all acts done, and all onders and decrees of the Court, whether made by the judge, or by the registrar, or by consent of the parties in the action. Forms of minute of order of Court, of minute on examination of witnesses, of minute of decree, and of minutes in an action for damage by collision, will be found in the Appendix hereto, Nos. 50 to 53.

157. There shall be kept in the registry a caveat warrant book, a caveat release book, and a caveat payment book, in which all such caveats respectively and the withdrawal thereof shall be entered by the registrar.

158. Any solicitor may, free of charge, inspect the minute and caveat books.

159. The parties to an action may, while the action is pending, and for one year after its termination, inspect, free of charge, all the records in the action.

160. Except as provided by the two last preceding rules no person shall be entitled to inspect the records in a pending action without the permission of the registrar.