EXMAINATION OF WITNESSES BEFORE COMMISSIONERS ORDINANCE
Title
EXMAINATION OF WITNESSES BEFORE COMMISSIONERS ORDINANCE
Description
Examination of Witnesses before Commissioners.
No. 5 of 1849.
An Ordinance to Facilitate the Examination of Witnesses in certain
Cases before Commissioners in the Colony of Hongkong.
[7th June, 1849.]
'H.EREAS, by the Consular Ordinance No. :I. of 1549, entitled °° An
Ordinance
for the better obtaining of Evidence in the Consular Courts in China, and
to
amend Ordinance No. 3 of 1847, entitled, 'An Ordinance to authorize Her
Majesty's.
Consular officers to adjudicate in Civil Actions,'' it has been enacted
and ordainecli-_
amongst other things, that Her Majesty's Consuls or Vice-Consuls resident
at the ports in
China may, under certain circumstances, issue a commission for the
examination .on
interrogatories of any witness or witnesses resident within the Colony of
Hongkorig
or at any place within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not being a
Consular-port:;;;
and that, in the event of any such witness or witnesses refusing to
appear before such
Commissioners for the purpose of examination, it shall and may be lawful
for any party
in the suit or action to apply by petition, duly verified by affidavit,
to the Chief Justice.
ORDINANCE No. 5 of 1849.
Examination odrWitnesses before Commissioners.
of the Supremo Court of Hongkong, to compel the attendance of such
witness or' wit-
nesses before such Commissioners:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Hong.
kong, with the ,advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and
after the passing
of this Ordinance, it may be lawful for the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of
Hongkong,, to make such order or orders on such petition, as to him shall
seem requisite,
touching and respecting the attendance of any such witness or witnesses
before such
Commissioners, in pursuance of the said recited Ordinance No. 1 of 1899.
[Repealed by Ordinance No, of 1887.]
238
Title.
Preamble. 274
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on petition, may make order for the attendance of witnesses resident in the Colony, or
at any place within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not being a Consular port, before commissioners appointed by Consuls, for the examination of witnesses in suits pending before the Consular Courts.
No. 5 of 1849.
An Ordinance to Facilitate the Examination of Witnesses in certain
Cases before Commissioners in the Colony of Hongkong.
[7th June, 1849.]
'H.EREAS, by the Consular Ordinance No. :I. of 1549, entitled °° An
Ordinance
for the better obtaining of Evidence in the Consular Courts in China, and
to
amend Ordinance No. 3 of 1847, entitled, 'An Ordinance to authorize Her
Majesty's.
Consular officers to adjudicate in Civil Actions,'' it has been enacted
and ordainecli-_
amongst other things, that Her Majesty's Consuls or Vice-Consuls resident
at the ports in
China may, under certain circumstances, issue a commission for the
examination .on
interrogatories of any witness or witnesses resident within the Colony of
Hongkorig
or at any place within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not being a
Consular-port:;;;
and that, in the event of any such witness or witnesses refusing to
appear before such
Commissioners for the purpose of examination, it shall and may be lawful
for any party
in the suit or action to apply by petition, duly verified by affidavit,
to the Chief Justice.
ORDINANCE No. 5 of 1849.
Examination odrWitnesses before Commissioners.
of the Supremo Court of Hongkong, to compel the attendance of such
witness or' wit-
nesses before such Commissioners:
1. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of
Hong.
kong, with the ,advice of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and
after the passing
of this Ordinance, it may be lawful for the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of
Hongkong,, to make such order or orders on such petition, as to him shall
seem requisite,
touching and respecting the attendance of any such witness or witnesses
before such
Commissioners, in pursuance of the said recited Ordinance No. 1 of 1899.
[Repealed by Ordinance No, of 1887.]
238
Title.
Preamble. 274
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on petition, may make order for the attendance of witnesses resident in the Colony, or
at any place within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not being a Consular port, before commissioners appointed by Consuls, for the examination of witnesses in suits pending before the Consular Courts.
Abstract
238
Title.
Preamble. 274
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on petition, may make order for the attendance of witnesses resident in the Colony, or
at any place within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not being a Consular port, before commissioners appointed by Consuls, for the examination of witnesses in suits pending before the Consular Courts.
Title.
Preamble. 274
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, on petition, may make order for the attendance of witnesses resident in the Colony, or
at any place within the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, not being a Consular port, before commissioners appointed by Consuls, for the examination of witnesses in suits pending before the Consular Courts.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/60
Edition
1890
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 5 of 1849
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“EXMAINATION OF WITNESSES BEFORE COMMISSIONERS ORDINANCE,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed November 16, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/60.
