Hong Kong Ordinances

HIGH COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Jurisdiction of Court of First Instance

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART III

JURISDICTION, LAW, PRACTICE AND POWERS

(1) The Court of First Instance shall be a superior court of record.

(2) The civil jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance shall consist of-

   (a)  original jurisdiction and authority of a like nature and extent as
        that held and exercised by the Chancery, Family and Queen's Bench
        Divisions of the High Court of Justice in England; and

   (b)  any other jurisdiction, whether original or appellate jurisdiction,
        conferred on it by any law.

(3) The criminal jurisdiction of the Court of First Instance shall consist of-

   (a)  original jurisdiction of a like nature and extent as that held and
        exercised in criminal matters by the High Court of Justice and the
        Crown Court in England respectively; and

   (b)  any other jurisdiction, whether original or appellate jurisdiction,
        conferred on it by any law.

(4) (Repealed 81 of 1997 s. 59) (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)