High Court Ordinance

(1)
A sum standing to the credit of a person in a deposit account in an authorized
                financial institution shall, for the purposes of the jurisdiction of the Court of
                First Instance to attach debts for the purpose of satisfying judgments or orders for
                the payment of money, be deemed to be a sum due or accruing to that person and,
                subject to rules of court, shall be attachable accordingly, notwithstanding that any
                of the following conditions applicable to the account, that is to
say—
(Amended
52 of 1987 s. 15
;
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
(a)
any condition that notice is required before any money is
                    withdrawn;
(b)
any condition that a personal application must be made before any money is
                    withdrawn;
(c)
any condition that a deposit book must be produced before any money is
                    withdrawn;
(d)
any condition that a receipt for money deposited must be produced before
                    any money is withdrawn; or
(e)
any other condition prescribed by rules of court,
has not been satisfied.
(2)
In this section
authorized
                    financial
                institution
(
認可金融機構
) means an authorized institution
                within the meaning of
section 2
of the Banking Ordinance (
Cap. 155
).
(Added
52 of 1987 s. 15
. Amended
49 of 1995 s. 53
)
[cf. 1956 c. 46 s. 38 U.K.]