CIVIL PROCEDURE (STATUTES REPEAL) ORDINANCE, 1901
Title
CIVIL PROCEDURE (STATUTES REPEAL) ORDINANCE, 1901
Description
ORDINANCE NO. 4 OF 1901.
Civil Procedure (Statutes Repeal)
AN ORDINANCE to repeal various Statutes relating to Civil
Procedure or Matters connected therewith. [1st July, 1901.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that various statutes (mentioned in the
Schedule to this ordinance) which relate to civil procedure or
matters connected therewith, and which may be regardd as spent, or
have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express and specific repeal
by the legislature, or have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances,
become unnecessary, or the subject-matter whereof is provided for by the
code of civil procedure, should be expreeely and specifically repealed;
and whereas the process of outlawry in civil proceedings has become
obsolete, and it is expedient that it should be formally abolished, and
that the statutes relaing thereto should be repealed:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1 this ordinance may be cited as the civil procedure (statutes
Repeal) ordinance, 1901.
2 the statues and resolution described in the schedule to this
ordinance are hereby repealed, subject to the provisions of this ordinance
and subject to the execptions mentioned in the schedule.
3 after the commencement of this ordinance, no person shall be outlawed
or waived in or in consequence of any civil proceeding, and no
proceedings to outlawry or waiver in or in cosequence of any civil
proceeding shall be taken at the instance of the crown of otherwise.
4 all statutes in force in this colony relating to outlawry or waiver
in or in consequence of any civil proceeding are hereby repealed.
5 the repeal effected by this ordinance shall not affect-
(1) any jurisdiction or principle or rule of law or of equity established
or confirmed, or duty imposed, or compensation secured, or
any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, by or under any statute
repealed by this ordinance; or
(2) any jurisdiction or power of the supreme court or of any judge
thereof; or (3) the repeal, confirmation, revival, or perpetuation by any statue
repealed by this ordinance of this ordinance of nay statue nto repealed by this
ordinance.
6 this ordinance shall not revive or restore any jurisdiction, office,
duty, drawback, fee, payment, custom, liability, right, title, privilege,
restriction, execmption, usage, practice, procedure, or other matter or thing
not now existing or in force.
A.D. 1901. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Short title. Repeal of statutes, etc. Schedule not printed in this edition. Abolition of outlawry in civil proceedings. 42 & 43 Vict.c. 59 s. 3. Repeal of statutes relating to outlawry. Ib.s.2. Savings as to repeal of statutes. Ib.s.4.(1.) Abolished procedure, etc., not revived. 42 & 43 Vict.c. 59 s. 4 (4.)
Civil Procedure (Statutes Repeal)
AN ORDINANCE to repeal various Statutes relating to Civil
Procedure or Matters connected therewith. [1st July, 1901.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that various statutes (mentioned in the
Schedule to this ordinance) which relate to civil procedure or
matters connected therewith, and which may be regardd as spent, or
have ceased to be in force otherwise than by express and specific repeal
by the legislature, or have, by lapse of time and change of circumstances,
become unnecessary, or the subject-matter whereof is provided for by the
code of civil procedure, should be expreeely and specifically repealed;
and whereas the process of outlawry in civil proceedings has become
obsolete, and it is expedient that it should be formally abolished, and
that the statutes relaing thereto should be repealed:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1 this ordinance may be cited as the civil procedure (statutes
Repeal) ordinance, 1901.
2 the statues and resolution described in the schedule to this
ordinance are hereby repealed, subject to the provisions of this ordinance
and subject to the execptions mentioned in the schedule.
3 after the commencement of this ordinance, no person shall be outlawed
or waived in or in consequence of any civil proceeding, and no
proceedings to outlawry or waiver in or in cosequence of any civil
proceeding shall be taken at the instance of the crown of otherwise.
4 all statutes in force in this colony relating to outlawry or waiver
in or in consequence of any civil proceeding are hereby repealed.
5 the repeal effected by this ordinance shall not affect-
(1) any jurisdiction or principle or rule of law or of equity established
or confirmed, or duty imposed, or compensation secured, or
any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, by or under any statute
repealed by this ordinance; or
(2) any jurisdiction or power of the supreme court or of any judge
thereof; or (3) the repeal, confirmation, revival, or perpetuation by any statue
repealed by this ordinance of this ordinance of nay statue nto repealed by this
ordinance.
6 this ordinance shall not revive or restore any jurisdiction, office,
duty, drawback, fee, payment, custom, liability, right, title, privilege,
restriction, execmption, usage, practice, procedure, or other matter or thing
not now existing or in force.
A.D. 1901. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Short title. Repeal of statutes, etc. Schedule not printed in this edition. Abolition of outlawry in civil proceedings. 42 & 43 Vict.c. 59 s. 3. Repeal of statutes relating to outlawry. Ib.s.2. Savings as to repeal of statutes. Ib.s.4.(1.) Abolished procedure, etc., not revived. 42 & 43 Vict.c. 59 s. 4 (4.)
Abstract
A.D. 1901. Ordinance No. 6 of 1901. Short title. Repeal of statutes, etc. Schedule not printed in this edition. Abolition of outlawry in civil proceedings. 42 & 43 Vict.c. 59 s. 3. Repeal of statutes relating to outlawry. Ib.s.2. Savings as to repeal of statutes. Ib.s.4.(1.) Abolished procedure, etc., not revived. 42 & 43 Vict.c. 59 s. 4 (4.)
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/741
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Subsequent Cap No.
23
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 4 of 1901
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“CIVIL PROCEDURE (STATUTES REPEAL) ORDINANCE, 1901,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed November 16, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/741.
