Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance
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;
