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reference.

No. 3. THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 190

if so directed by the Court, state in the form of a special case for 52 & 53 Vict. opinion of the Court any question of law arising in the course of th

c. 49 a. 19.

Costa.

Ib. s. 20.

Punishment for perjury. Ib. 8. 22.

The Crown to be bound by Chapter

24.

Ib. s. 23.

Application

of Chapter 24

to references under statu- tory powers. Ib. 8. 24.

Saving as to

Repeated pending by dnd.36/178.20

arbitrations. Ib. s. 25.

reference.

561. Any order made under this Chapter may be made on such terms as to costs, or otherwise, as the authority making the order thinks just.

562. Every person who wilfully and corruptly gives false evidence before any special referee, arbitrator, or umpire or officer of the Cout shall be guilty of perjury, as if the evidence had been given in open Court, and may be dealt with, prosecuted, and punished accordingly

563. This Chapter shall, except as in this Chapter expressly men- tioned, apply to any arbitration to which His Majesty the King is a party; but nothing in this Chapter shall empower the Court to order any proceedings to which His Majesty is a party, or any question or issue in any such proceedings, to be tried before any special referee, arbitrator, or officer without the consent of His Majesty, or shall affect the law as to costs payable by the Crown.

564. This Chapter shall apply to every arbitration under any O dinance passed before or after the commencement of this Code as if the arbitration were pursuant to a submission, except in so far as this Chap ter is inconsistent with the Ordinance regulating the arbitration or with any rules or procedure authorized or recognized by that Ordinance.

565. This Chapter shall not affect any arbitration pending at the commencement of this Code, but shall apply to any arbitration com menced after the commencement of this Code under any agreement or order made before the commencement of this Code.

Application for taking security for

PART III.

PROVISIONAL REMEDIES.

CHAPTER XXV.

ARREST AND ATTACHMENT BEFORE JUDGMENT.

Arrest of Absconding Defendant.

566. If in any action, not being an action for the recovery of im- movable property, the defendant is about to leave the jurisdiction of the appearance Court, or has disposed of or removed from the jurisdiction of the Court his property or any part thereof, the plaintiff may, either at the institu tion of the action or at any time thereafter until final judgment, apply to the Court to call upon the defendant to furnish sufficient security for

of defendant in certain cases.

H. K. Code, 8. 16 (1.)