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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH JANUARY, 1887

Order confirming reduction. [ibid, r. 20]
Forms. [General Order, 1869, r. 69]
Solicitor's fees.
[ibid, r. 70]
Court fees. [ibid, r. 71]
Taxation of costs.
[ibid, r. 79]
General power of judge.
[ibid, r. 73]
[new]
General practice to apply. [ibid, r. 71]
Time for appeal.
[R. S. C. England Ord. 58, rr. 3, 15]

91. Where the Court makes an order confirming a reduction, such order shall give directions in what manner and in what newspapers, and at what times, notice of the registration of the order and of such minute as mentioned in the 14th section of The Companies Ordinance 1887 is to be published; and shall fix the date until which the words "and Reduced" are to be deemed part of the name of the company as mentioned in the 10th section of the said Ordinance.

Forms.

92. The forms in use in England as prescribed by The General Orders of November 1862 and March 1868 in relation to joint stock Companies or any subsequent order or Rules of Court in England may, so far as circumstances will permit and with such variations as the circumstances of each case may require, be used for the purposes of The Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886 and of these Rules.

Fees.

93. Solicitors shall be entitled to charge, and be allowed the fees set forth and referred to in the first schedule hereto, unless the Court or Judge shall otherwise especially direct.

94. The fees of Court set forth and referred to in the second schedule hereto, shall be paid in relation to proceedings in the Court under The Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886 and shall be collected by means of stamps.

Taxation of Costs.

95. Where an order is made in Court or chambers for payment of any costs, the order shall direct the taxation thereof by the Registrar except on interlocutory applications in cases where the Court deems it proper to direct or award a gross sum in lieu of taxed costs to be paid by any party to any other party.

Power of Judge.

96. The Court and a Judge sitting in chambers, shall have power to enlarge, or abridge the time in these rules prescribed for doing any act, or taking any proceeding, to adjourn, or review any proceeding and to give any direction as to the course of proceeding, and in particular such power shall be had and exercised when any creditor, contributory or other person upon or to whom any petition, summons, notice or other document is required to be served, sent, delivered or given or by whom any act is required to be done, is not resident or has no known representative or attorney within the Colony.

General.

97. The general practice of the Court, including the course of proceeding and practice of the judges' chambers, shall, in cases not provided for by The Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886 or these Rules, and so far as the same are applicable, and not inconsistent with the said Ordinances or these Rules, apply to all proceedings for winding-up a company.

98. Notwithstanding anything in the Hongkong code of civil Procedure to the contrary, the time for appealing to the Full Court as thereby defined from any order or decision of any judge sitting alone either in Court or Chambers in the matter of the winding-up of a company under the provisions of The Companies Ordinances 1865 to 1886 or any Ordinance amending the same and of these Rules shall, except by special leave of the Court or Judge, be limited to twenty-one days. Such period shall be calculated in the case of an appeal from an order in chambers from the time when such order or decision was pronounced or when the appellant first had notice thereof, and in all other cases from the time at which the judgment or order is signed, entered or otherwise perfected or in the case of the refusal of an application from the date of such refusal.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
Fees and Charges to be allowed Solicitors.

For preparing and drawing up every order made at Chambers and at the Registrar's Office to get the same entered, $3.00
For engrossing every order in addition to the above per folio, $0.10
For other duties performed according to any scale of fees and charges of the practice of the Supreme Court for the time being in force

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.
Court Fees in Judge's Chambers.

For every summons, $0.75
For every order drawn up by the Judge's Clerk, $1.50
For every advertisement, $5.00
For every certificate, $1.50
For every oath, affirmation, declaration, or attestation upon honor, $0.50

By the Registrar.
For every order made in Court, $5.00
For every office copy of an order, $1.50
Upon the presentation of every petition, $5.00

By the Registrar as Taxing Master.
For every summons but not more than one summons is to be issued on one bill or set of bills unless the Registrar shall think it necessary to issue a fresh summons, $0.75
On signing every report and certificate, $2.50
Upon every additional $100 or fractional part thereof a further fee of, $2.50
Upon the taxation of every bill of costs as taxed where the amount shall not exceed $100, $2.50
For every oath, affirmation, declaration or attestation upon honor, $0.50