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Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance

Part 8—Division 1
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 26
A1729

27. Additional rules for use of electronic technology

(1) A power to make rules of court under an Ordinance to provide for the practice and procedure of a court includes, in relation to an e-Court, a power to make rules—

(a) to provide for the use of electronic technology in proceedings governed by those rules (Ordinance-specific rules); and
(b) without limiting paragraph (a), to provide for anything that may be done in accordance with rules made under section 26.

(2) Rules made under subsection (1) may supplement or depart from rules made under section 26 to suit the nature or type of proceedings governed by the Ordinance-specific rules.

Subdivision 2—Rules to Provide for Fees for Use of Electronic Mode

28. Interpretation of Subdivision 2

In this Subdivision—

court-related matter (法院相關事宜) means—

(a) an act or matter that relates to a proceeding in a court; or
(b) a service, or other matter, made available or provided by a court or court office;

e-fee (電子費用) means a fee that is payable under the e-fee rules in respect of a court-related matter that is carried out by an electronic mode;