Cap 338 s 19 Right of audience (SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	338	Title:	SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	14 of 2003
Section:	19	Heading:	Right of audience	Version Date:	09/05/2003

(1) The following persons shall have a right of audience before the tribunal-

(a) any party;

(b) an officer or servant of a corporation, if the corporation is a party;

(d) with the leave of the tribunal, any person, other than counsel or a solicitor, who is authorized in writing by a party to appear as his representative; (Amended 14 of 2003 s. 12)

(e) a public officer, not being a barrister or solicitor, who appears on behalf of the Secretary for Justice, if the Secretary for Justice is a party. (Added 14 of 2003 s. 12)

(2) Except for the purposes of proceedings under section 35A for insulting behaviour, no barrister or solicitor, including a barrister or solicitor who is a public officer whether or not qualified to practise in a court in Hong Kong, shall have a right of audience before the tribunal unless he is acting on his own behalf as a claimant or defendant. (Amended 28 of 1999 s. 9)