1950_MAGISTRATES_(FORMS)_RULES — Page 2

HONG KONG.

Magistrates.

FORM 2.

Warrant when summons is disobeyed.

IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT AT

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[CAP. 227

[ss. 9 and 71.]

To each and all of the police officers of the said Colony.

day of On the

information was laid, [or complaint was made, or C.D. was charged] before the under- signed, a magistrate of the said Colony, that C.D. [or he, the said C.D.] [as in the summons]; and a summons was then issued by me to the said C.D., commanding him, in His Majesty's name, to be and ap-

day of day, the pear on

o'clock in the

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19 at noon, at the said court, before such magistrate as might then be there, to answer to the said information [or complaint, or charge], and to be further dealt with according to law; and the said C.D. having neglected to be or appear at the time and place so appointed in and by the said summons, although it has been proved to me upon oath [or declaration] that the These are, said summons has been duly served on the said C.D.: therefore, to command you, in His Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said C.D. and to bring him before me or such magistrate as may then be sitting to answer to the said information [or complaint, or charge], and to be further dealt with according to law.

Dated this

[L.S.]

day of

19

(Signed.)

Magistrate.

HONG KONG.

FORM 3.

Warrant in the first instance.

IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT AT

[ss. 9, 71 and 73.]

To each and all of the police officers of the said Colony.

Information having this day been laid [or C.D. having this day been charged] before the undersigned, a magistrate of the said Colony, for that C.D. [or he, the said C.D.] [here state shortly the matter of the information or charge]; and oath [or declaration] being now made before me substantiating the matter of such information [or chargel: These are, therefore, to command you, in His Majesty's name, forthwith to apprehend the said C.D. and to bring him before a magistrate of the said Colony to answer to the said information [or charge], and to be further dealt with according to law.

Dated this

[L.S.]

day of

(Signed.)

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Magistrate.

NOTE. When the offence is committed on the high seas [or in foreign parts] the warrant should describe the party injured to have been at the time of the offence "in the peace of the King."

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