Cap. 4activeordinance

High Court Ordinance

高等法院條例

Full legislation

s.31

Computation of vacation period and validity of acts therein

(1)
Where by any law regulating civil procedure, or by any special order of the
                    High Court, any period not exceeding one month is appointed or allowed for the
                    doing of any act or the taking of any proceeding, no days included in the Summer
                    vacation shall be reckoned in the computation of such time, unless the Court
                    otherwise
directs:
(Amended
52 of 1987 s. 23
;
25 of 1998 s. 2
)
Provided that nothing in this
                    section shall be deemed to extend the time for entering appearance to any writ
                    endorsed with a statement of claim.
(Amended
79 of 1979 s. 2
)
(2)
Every act, matter or thing done during any vacation shall be as valid to all
                intents and purposes as if done out of vacation.