Hong Kong Ordinances

HIGH COURT ORDINANCE - SECT 32

Proceedings in Court of First Instance to be disposed of by single judge

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2

(1) Subject to sections 41 and 42 of the Criminal Procedure  Ordinance (
Cap 221), to subsection (3) of this section and to rules of court, every
proceeding in the Court of First Instance and all business arising therefrom
shall be heard and determined by a judge of the Court of  First Instance
sitting alone.

(2) The proceedings in every action or matter subsequent to the trial or
hearing, down to and including the final judgment or order, and any
application for leave to appeal or for a stay of execution shall, so far as is
practicable and convenient, be taken before the judge of the
Court of First Instance before whom the trial or hearing took place.

(3) The Chief Justice may direct that any proceeding, or class of proceeding,
in the Court of First Instance shall be heard and determined by 2 or more
judges of the Court. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)