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Commencement Notice for the Civil Justice Reform and Related Consequential Legislative Amendments Gazetted
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The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:

     The Chief Justice has appointed April 2, 2009 as the day on which the Civil Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2008 comes into operation.

     The Civil Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2008 (Commencement) Notice, together with the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Fees (Amendment) Rules 2009 and the District Court Civil Procedure (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009, were gazetted today (January 30) and will be tabled at the Legislative Council on February 4.

     The main package of Civil Justice Reform (CJR) legislative amendments under the Civil Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2008 and seven sets of subsidiary legislation were enacted by the Legislative Council in January and July 2008 respectively.

     The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Fees (Amendment) Rules 2009 and the District Court Civil Procedure (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2009 are consequential amendments which seek to follow certain features on taxation and fee items under the new Rules of High Court and the Rules of District Court, which had been accepted and enacted by the Legislative Council under CJR.  

     "The Judiciary is firmly on target to implement the CJR on April 2, 2009," a Judiciary's spokesman said.

Ends/Friday, January 30, 2009
Issued at HKT 16:05

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