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THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [AD 19
Making of general rules and orders relating to practice, duties of officers, fees, and records. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77 s. 80.
Application of rules and orders of Probate Division of
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
74.-(1.) The Chief Justice may from time to time make rules and orders for the following purposes, and may from time to time vary or rescind the same; that is to say,-
(a.) for regulating the practice and procedure of the Court and the several forms of petitions, orders, and other proceedings to be used in the Court;
(b.) for regulating the duties of the various officers of the Court;
(c.) for regulating the fees to be taken by the officers of the Court and to be allowed to counsel, proctors, and solicitors practising in the Court, and the fees, charges, and costs to be taken and allowed with respect to all proceedings and other matters in the Court;
(d.) for regulating the filing, custody, and inspection of records; and
(e.) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2.) No such rule or order shall be of any force or effect until it has been approved by the Legislative Council and published in The Gazette.
75. Until such rules and orders have been made as aforesaid the Court may direct, either generally or in any particular case, that the rules and orders now in force or which may hereafter be in force in the High Court in relation to matters of probate and administration in the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice in England or any part thereof, and the forms of proceedings in use therein or any of them, subject to their applicability and with such modifications as the circumstances may require, shall be followed and adopted in the Court, and any such direction shall take effect accordingly.
76. An official copy of the whole or any part of a will, or an official certificate of the grant of any administration, may be obtained from the Registry of the Court on the payment of such fees as may be fixed by the rules and orders made under this Ordinance.
77. All administrations heretofore granted to any Official Administrator shall be deemed to have been made to the Official Administrator for the time being and to his successors in office. Provided that no...
310
No. 2.1
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [AD 19
Making of
general rules
and orders
Gazelle 7.32/ relating to
practice, duties of officers, fees, and records. 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77 s. 80. ·
Application of rules and orders of Probate
Division of
PART VII.
MISCELLANEOUS. PROVISIONS.
74.-(1.) The Chief Justice may from time to time make rules and orders for the following purposes, and may from
gen: from time time vary or rescind the same; that is to say,-
(a.) for regulating the practice and procedure of the Court
the several forms of petitions, orders, and other proceeding be used in the Court;
(b.) for regulating the duties of the various officers of the Court (c.) for regulating the fees to be taken by the officers of
Court and to be allowed to counsel, proctors, and solicita practising in the Court, and the fees, charges, and costs to taken and allowed with respect to all
to all proceedings and other matters in the Court;
(d.) for regulating the filing, custody, and inspection of recon
and
(e.) generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of th
Ordinance.
(2.) No such rule or order shall be of any force or effect until it been approved by the Legislative Council and published in The Gazet
75. Until such rules and orders have been made as aforesaid the Court may direct, either generally or in any particular case, that the rules and orders now in force or which may hereafter be in foro High Court in relation to matters of probate and administration in the Probate Divisio England until of the High Court of Justice in England or any part thereof, and
forms of proceedings in use therein or any of them, subject to the applicability and with such, modifications as the circumstances may require, shall be followed and adopted in the Court, and any sud direction shall take effect accordingly.
rules and orders made.
et
69.
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Copy of will, ⠀⠀⠀ 76. An official copy of the whole or any part of a will, or an offic
certificate of the grant of any administration, may be obtained from Registry of the Court on the payment of such fees as may be fixed the same by the rules and orders made under this Ordinance
Continuance
to successors in office of grants of
Temporary Provisions.
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77. All administrations heretofore granted to any. Official Admini trator shall be deemed to have been made to the Official Administra for the time being and to his successors in office Provided that no
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