Current English Ord. & Sub. Leg.
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Chapter 1INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSES ORDINANCE
Chapter 2PUBLIC FINANCE ORDINANCE
Chapter 3JURY ORDINANCE
Chapter 4HIGH COURT ORDINANCE
CAP 4HIGH COURT ORDINANCE
Cap 4Long title
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 1Short title
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 2Interpretation
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 3High Court
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 4Constitution of Court of First Instance
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 5Constitution of Court of Appeal
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 6Appointment of judges
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 6AAppointment of recorders
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 6BAppointment of judges and recorders may be retrospective
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 7Precedence
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 8Acting appointments
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 9Professional qualifications of judges
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 10Appointment of deputy judges
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 11Powers of recorders and deputy judges in cases which are part-heard on termination of appointment
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 11ATerm of office of judges
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 12Jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
01/02/1999
Cap 4 s 12AAdmiralty jurisdiction of Court of First Instance
22/01/2010
Cap 4 s 12BMode of exercise of Admiralty jurisdiction
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 12CRestrictions on entertainment of actions in personam in collision and other similar cases
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 12DCourt of First Instance not to have jurisdiction in cases within Rhine Navigation Convention
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 12ESupplementary provisions as to Admiralty jurisdiction
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 12FTransfer of proceedings to the Lands Tribunal
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 13Jurisdiction of Court of Appeal
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 14Appeals in civil matters
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 14AALeave to appeal required for interlocutory appeals
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 14ABDecision on leave to appeal final
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 14AAppeal from order on application for judicial review in criminal cause or matter
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 15Application for new trial
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 16Law and equity to be administered in High Court
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 17Power to award damages as well as, or in substitution for, injunction or specific performance
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 18(Repealed 52 of 1987 s. 12)
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 19(Repealed 52 of 1987 s. 12)
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 20Power of Court of First Instance to impose charging order
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 20AProperty which may be charged
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 20BProvisions supplementary to sections 20 and 20A
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21Attachment of debts
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21ANo arrest or imprisonment without order
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21BProhibition on debtor leaving Hong Kong
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21CEffect of writs of execution against goods
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21DSale of property in execution of judgment
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21EEnforcement of fines and forfeited recognizances
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21FRelief against forfeiture by action for non-payment of rent
01/07/2007
Cap 4 s 21GService of writ in lieu of demand
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21HInterpretation and application of sections 21F, 21G and 21H
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21IOrders of mandamus, prohibition and certiorari
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21JInjunction to restrain persons acting in offices in which they are not entitled to act
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21KApplication for judicial review
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 21LInjunction and receiver
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 21MInterim relief in the absence of substantive proceedings
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 21NSupplementary provisions as to interim relief in the absence of substantive proceedings
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 22(Repealed 52 of 1987 s. 19)
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 22AApplications for, and issue of, writs of habeas corpus
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 23Restriction on repeated applications for habeas corpus
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 24Appeal in habeas corpus proceedings
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 25Power of Court of First Instance to vary sentence on certiorari
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 25AExecution of instruments by order of Court of First Instance
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 26Wards of court
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 27Restriction of vexatious legal proceedings
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 27ALeave to institute or continue proceedings
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 28Sittings of High Court and distribution of business
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 29Vacations
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 30Business in vacations
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 31Computation of vacation period and validity of acts therein
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 32Proceedings in Court of First Instance to be disposed of by single judge
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 32AProceedings in court and in chambers
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 33Powers of judge in chambers
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 33ATrial by jury in the Court of First Instance
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 34Sittings of Court of Appeal
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 34APowers of single Justice of Appeal in Court of Appeal in its criminal jurisdiction
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 34BComposition of Court of Appeal in its civil jurisdiction
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 35Powers of single judge in Court of Appeal
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 36Acts required to be done by Chief Justice may also be done by any judge
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 37Registrar of High Court
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 37AAProfessional qualifications of Registrar, senior deputy registrars, deputy registrars and assistant registrars
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 37ABAppointment of temporary registrar
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 37ACAppointment of temporary senior deputy registrars
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 37AAppointment of temporary deputy registrars
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 37BAppointment of temporary assistant registrars
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 38Jurisdiction, powers and duties of Registrar
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 38ABailiff
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 39Protection of Registrar
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 40Registrar may apply for order
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 40APowers of temporary registrar, etc. in case which is part-heard on termination of appointment
08/07/2005
Cap 4 s 41Power of Court of First Instance to order disclosure, etc. of documents before commencement of proceedings
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 42Extension of powers of Court of First Instance to order disclosure of documents, inspection of property, etc.
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 43Provisions supplementary to sections 41 and 42
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 44Powers of Court of First Instance exercisable before commencement of action
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 44AWithdrawal of privilege against incrimination of self or spouse in certain proceedings
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 45Application to Government of sections 41 to 44
02/04/2009
Cap 4 s 46Writs
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 47(Repealed 47 of 1997 s. 10)
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 48Interest on claims for debt and damages
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 49Interest on judgments
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 50Appeal in cases of contempt of court
01/07/1997
Cap 4 s 51Seal of High Court
01/07/1997