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Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance

Part 8—Division 1
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 29
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e-fee rules (電子費用規則) means rules made under section 29;

electronic mode (電子模式) means—

(a) an e-system; or
(b) another electronic means;

external enactment (外在成文法則) means an enactment other than this Ordinance;

external fee (外在費用) means a fee that is payable under an external enactment in respect of a court-related matter;

external fee item (外在費用項目), in relation to an external fee, means the description of the court-related matter in respect of which the external fee is payable.

29. Power to provide for fees for use of electronic mode in court-related matters

(1) The Chief Justice may make rules to provide for fees payable in respect of court-related matters that—

(a) are carried out by an electronic mode; and
(b) are specified in the rules.

(2) Rules made under subsection (1) may provide for fee concessions in respect of particular court-related matters.

(3) Rules made under subsection (1) may, in respect of—

(a) a court-related matter for which an external fee is payable—provide for an e-fee—
(i) by reference to the external fee or the relevant external fee item; or
(ii) by reference to the external fee and by adapting the relevant external fee item to suit an electronic mode;