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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 4ATHE RULES OF THE HIGH COURT
Cap 4AEmpowering section
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 1CITATION, APPLICATION, INTERPRETATION AND FORMS
01/01/2010
Cap 4A Order 1AOBJECTIVES
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 1BCASE MANAGEMENT POWERS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 2EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 3TIME
18/09/1998
Cap 4A Order 4ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER AND CONSOLIDATION OF PROCEEDINGS
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 5MODE OF BEGINNING CIVIL PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 6WRITS OF SUMMONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 7ORIGINATING SUMMONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 8ORIGINATING AND OTHER MOTIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 9PETITIONS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 10SERVICE OF ORIGINATING PROCESS: GENERAL PROVISIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 11SERVICE OF PROCESS, ETC., OUT OF THE JURISDICTION
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 12ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE OF WRIT OR ORIGINATING SUMMONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 13FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DEFEND
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 13AADMISSIONS IN CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT OF MONEY
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 14SUMMARY JUDGMENT
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 14ADISPOSAL OF CASE ON POINT OF LAW
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 15CAUSES OF ACTION, COUNTERCLAIMS AND PARTIES
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 16THIRD PARTY AND SIMILAR PROCEEDINGS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 17INTERPLEADER
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 18PLEADINGS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 19DEFAULT OF PLEADINGS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 20AMENDMENT
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 21WITHDRAWAL AND DISCONTINUANCE
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 22OFFERS TO SETTLE AND PAYMENTS INTO COURT
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 22AMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS ABOUT PAYMENTS INTO COURT
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 23SECURITY FOR COSTS
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 24DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 25CASE MANAGEMENT SUMMONS AND CONFERENCE*
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 26INTERROGATORIES
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 27ADMISSIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 28ORIGINATING SUMMONS PROCEDURE
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 29INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTIONS, INTERIM PRESERVATION OF PROPERTY, INTERIM PAYMENTS, ETC.
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 30RECEIVERS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 31SALES, ETC. OF LAND BY ORDER OF COURT
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 32APPLICATIONS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CHAMBERS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 32AVEXATIOUS LITIGANTS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 33PLACE AND MODE OF TRIAL
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 34SETTING DOWN FOR TRIAL ACTION BEGUN BY WRIT
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 35PROCEDURE AT TRIAL
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 36TRIALS BEFORE, AND INQUIRIES BY, MASTER
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 37DAMAGES: ASSESSMENT AFTER JUDGMENT AND ORDERS FOR PROVISIONAL DAMAGES
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 38EVIDENCE
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 39EVIDENCE BY DEPOSITION: EXAMINERS OF THE COURT
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 40COURT EXPERT
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 41AFFIDAVITS
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 41ASTATEMENTS OF TRUTH
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 42JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 43ACCOUNTS AND INQUIRIES
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 44PROCEEDINGS UNDER JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS
05/05/2000
Cap 4A Order 44A(HK) PROHIBITION ORDER BEFORE OR AFTER JUDGMENT AND ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY BEFORE JUDGMENT
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 45ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS: GENERAL
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 46WRITS OF EXECUTION: GENERAL
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 47WRITS OF FIERI FACIAS
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 48EXAMINATION OF JUDGMENT DEBTOR, ETC.
28/06/2002
Cap 4A Order 49GARNISHEE PROCEEDINGS
01/05/2005
Cap 4A Order 49B(HK) EXECUTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENT FOR MONEY BY IMPRISONMENT
28/06/2002
Cap 4A Order 50CHARGING ORDERS, STOP ORDERS, ETC.
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 51RECEIVERS: EQUITABLE EXECUTION
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 52COMMITTAL
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 53APPLICATIONS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 54APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 55APPEALS TO THE HIGH COURT FROM COURT, TRIBUNAL OR PERSON: GENERAL
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 58APPEALS FROM MASTERS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 59APPEALS TO THE COURT OF APPEAL
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 60A(HK) APPEALS FROM TRIBUNALS TO COURT OF APPEAL ON A QUESTION OF LAW OTHER THAN BY WAY OF CASE STATED
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 61APPEALS FROM TRIBUNALS TO COURT OF APPEAL BY WAY OF CASE STATED
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 62COSTS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 62ACOSTS OFFER AND PAYMENTS INTO COURT
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 63THE REGISTRY
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 64SITTINGS, VACATIONS AND OFFICE HOURS
18/09/1998
Cap 4A Order 65SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 66PAPER, PRINTING, NOTICES AND COPIES
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 67CHANGE OF SOLICITOR
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 68OFFICIAL SHORTHAND NOTE
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 69SERVICE OF PROCESS FROM A COUNTRY OR PLACE OUTSIDE HONG KONG
30/03/1999
Cap 4A Order 70OBTAINING EVIDENCE FOR FOREIGN COURTS, ETC.
25/09/1998
Cap 4A Order 71RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS*
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 71ARECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF MAINLAND JUDGMENTS
01/08/2008
Cap 4A Order 71BCERTIFIED COPIES OF JUDGMENTS GIVEN BY COURT OF FINAL APPEAL AND HIGH COURT
01/08/2008
Cap 4A Order 72(HK) PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 73ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 74(Repealed L.N. 343 of 1989)
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 75(HK) ADMIRALTY PROCEEDINGS
22/01/2010
Cap 4A Order 76CONTENTIOUS PROBATE PROCEEDINGS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 77PROCEEDINGS BY AND AGAINST THE CROWN
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 78DISTRICT COURT PROCEEDINGS TRANSFERRED OR REMOVED TO COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 79TRIBUNAL PROCEEDINGS TRANSFER OR REMOVAL TO THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 80DISABILITY
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 81PARTNERS
01/07/1997
Cap 4A Order 82DEFAMATION ACTIONS
02/04/2009
Cap 4A Order 83AMONEY LENDERS' ACTIONS
02/04/2009