Bankruptcy Ordinance

(1)
Where by this Ordinance any limited time from or after any date or event is
                appointed or allowed for the doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, then
                in the computation of that limited time the same shall be taken as exclusive of the
                day of that date or of the happening of that event, and as commencing at the
                beginning of the next following day; and the act or proceeding shall be done or
                taken at latest on the last day of that limited time as so computed.
(2)
If
                the limited time is less than 6 days, a specified day is not to be reckoned in the
                computation of the limited time.
(Replaced
18 of 2016 s. 9
)
(3)
If
                the limited time expires on a specified day, the act or proceeding is considered as
                done or taken in due time if it is done or taken on the next following day, not
                being a specified day.
(Replaced
18 of 2016 s. 9
)
(3A)
In this
section—
specified day
(
指明日子
)
means—
(a)
a Saturday;
(b)
a general holiday;
(c)
a gale warning day as defined by
section 71(2)
of the
                        Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance
(Cap.
                            1)
;
(d)
a black rainstorm warning day as defined by that section; or
(e)
(if the act or proceeding in question is required to be done or taken
                        at an office of the court) another day on which the office is closed.
(Added
18 of 2016 s. 9
)
(4)
The provisions of this section shall take effect notwithstanding anything
                contained in
sections 29
,
30
and
31
of the High
                Court Ordinance (
Cap. 4
).
(Amended
92 of 1975 s. 58
;
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
[cf. 1914 c. 59 s. 145 U.K.]