Hong Kong Ordinances

HIGH COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 51

Seal of High Court

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2 Seal, Expenses
and Costs (Replaced 52 of 1987 s. 35)

(1) The High Court shall use such seal as the Chief Justice may direct.
(Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

(2) All writs, judgments, orders, documents and exemplifications or copies
thereof, shall be sealed with such seal.

(3) Any writ, judgment, order, document and any exemplification or copy
thereof, shall, when purporting to be so sealed, be admitted in evidence in
any criminal or civil proceedings before any court on its production without
further proof. (Replaced 44 of 1982 s. 4)