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(2) For the purposes of this rule, and of section 8 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance, in its application to this rule, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served in accordance with this rule shall be the address for service of that person, but if at the time when service is effected that person has no address for service his proper address for the purposes aforesaid shall be
(a) in any case, the business address of the solicitor (if any) who is acting for him in the proceedings in connection with which service of the document in question is to be effected,
or
(b) in the case of an individual, his usual or last known
address, or
(c) in the case of individuals who are suing or being sued in the name of a firm, the principal or last known place of business of the firm within the jurisdiction, or
(d) in the case of a body corporate, the registered or principal
office of the body.
(2A) Any such document which is left at a document exchange in accordance with paragraph (1)(c) shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been served on the business day following the day on which it is left.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall be taken as prohibiting the personal service of any document or as affecting any enactment which provides for the manner in which documents may be served on bodies corporate.
(4) In this rule "business day" means a day other than a general holiday.
Service on Attorney General in proceedings which are not by or
against the Crown (O. 65, r. 6)
6.
Where for the purpose of or in connection with any proceedings in the Supreme Court, not being civil proceedings by or against the Crown within the meaning of Part III of the Crown Proceedings Ordinance, any document is required by any written law or these rules to be served on the Attorney General, section 14 of the said Ordinance and Order 77, rule 4, shall apply in relation to the service of the document as they apply in relation to the service of documents required to be served on the Crown for the purpose of or in connection with any civil proceedings by or against the Crown.
Effect of service after certain hours (O. 65, r. 7)
7. Any document (other than a writ of summons or other originating process) service of which is effected under rule 2 or under rule 5(1)(a) between 1 p.m. on a Saturday and midnight on the following day or after four in the afternoon on any other weekday shall, for the purpose of computing any period of time after service
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1988 Ed.] The Rules of the Supreme Court-Order 65
[CAP. 4
A 255
(2) For the purposes of this rule, and of section 8 of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance, in its application to this rule, the proper address of any person on whom a document is to be served in accordance with this rule shall be the address for service of that person, but if at the time when service is effected that person has no address for service his proper address for the purposes aforesaid shall be
(a) in any case, the business address of the solicitor (if any) who is acting for him in the proceedings in connection with which service of the document in question is to be effected,
or
(b) in the case of an individual, his usual or last known
address, or
(c) in the case of individuals who are suing or being sued in the name of a firm, the principal or last known place of business of the firm within the jurisdiction, or
(d) in the case of a body corporate, the registered or principal
office of the body.
(2A) Any such document which is left at a document exchange in accordance with paragraph (1)(c) shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have been served on the business day fol- lowing the day on which it is left.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall be taken as prohibiting the personal service of any document or as affecting any enactment which provides for the manner in which documents may be served on bodies corporate.
(4) In this rule "business day" means a day other than a general holiday.
Service on Attorney General in proceedings which are not by or
against the Crown (O. 65, r. 6)
6.
Where for the purpose of or in connection with any proceedings in the Surpreme Court, not being civil proceedings by or against the Crown within the meaning of Part III of the Crown Proceedings Ordinance, any document is required by any written law or these rules to be served on the Attorney General, section 14 of the said Ordinance and Order 77, rule 4, shall apply in relation to the service of the document as they apply in relation to the service of documents required to be served on the Crown for the purpose of or in connection with any civil proceedings by or against the Crown.
Effect of service after certain hours (O. 65, r. 7)
7. Any document (other than a writ of summons or other originating process) service of which is effected under rule 2 or under rule 5(1)(a) between 1 p.m. on a Saturday and midnight on the following day or after four in the afternoon on any other weekday shall, for the purpose of computing any period of time after service
[Subsidiary]
(Cap. 1.)
(Cap. 300.)
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