### Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance 《司法程序(烈風警告期間聆訊延期)條例》

4. Resumption of adjourned judicial proceedings
Any judicial proceedings adjourned by virtue of section 3 shall be resumed on the next working day after the day on which the gale warning or rainstorm warning ceases at the time and place specified for such proceedings on the date of such adjournment under section 3.
(Amended 41 of 1993 s. 5; 18 of 2016 s. 12)

5. Duration of gale warning and rainstorm warning
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance—
(a) (i) a gale warning shall commence when the Director issues from the Hong Kong Observatory a report to the effect that any of the tropical cyclone warning signals commonly referred to as No. 8NW, 8SW, 8NE, 8SE, 9 or 10 is in force; and
(ii) a rainstorm warning shall commence when the Director issues from the Hong Kong Observatory a report to the effect that the heavy rainstorm warning signal commonly referred to as Black is in force; and (Amended 21 of 1999 s. 3)
(b) the gale warning or rainstorm warning as the case may be shall cease when the Director issues from the Hong Kong Observatory a report to the effect that none of the signals mentioned in paragraph (a) remains in force. (Replaced 41 of 1993 s. 6. Amended L.N. 362 of 1997)
(2) As soon as practicable after a gale warning or a rainstorm warning ceases the Director shall by notice in the Gazette declare the times at which and the days on which the gale warning or rainstorm warning commenced and ceased. (Amended 41 of 1993 s. 6)

6. Chief Justice may order adjournment or resumption of judicial proceedings
(1) Notwithstanding sections 3 and 4, the Chief Justice may by order provide for—
(a) the adjournment of any judicial proceedings; and
(b) the resumption of any judicial proceedings adjourned under paragraph (a) or by virtue of section 3,
if, in his opinion, it is expedient to do so, by reason of a tropical cyclone, a heavy rainstorm or any circumstances arising therefrom, including its passing. (Amended 41 of 1993 s. 7)
(2) Any order made under subsection (1) shall be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after the making thereof and, in the case of an order for resumption, shall specify the day and the time when the adjourned proceedings shall be resumed.
(Replaced 37 of 1972 s. 3)

### Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance 《司法程序(烈風警告期間聆訊延期)條例》

7. Attendance at adjourned hearing
(1) Any person who—
(a) being a prosecutor or witness, is bound over, by recognizance or otherwise, to appear in, or attend at, any judicial proceedings set down for hearing on a day and at a time which falls within a period of adjournment;
(b) being a defendant or an accused, is admitted to bail or is otherwise required to appear in, or attend at, any judicial proceedings set down for hearing on a day and at a time which falls within a period of adjournment,
shall attend the adjourned hearing.
(2) Any person who is remanded in custody and is required to be produced before a court for purposes of any judicial proceedings on a day and at a time which falls within a period of adjournment shall be produced before the court at the adjourned hearing.

8. Persons arrested or detained by police
(1) Where a person is discharged under section 52(1) of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232) upon his entering into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to appear before a magistrate or to surrender for service of a warrant of arrest and detention or for discharge at the time named in the recognizance and such time falls within the duration of a gale warning or a rainstorm warning the time shall be deemed to be extended until the same time on the next working day after the day on which the gale warning or rainstorm warning ceases. (Amended 18 of 2016 s. 13)
(2) Where any person is detained in custody under section 52(1) or (4) of the Police Force Ordinance (Cap. 232) during a gale warning or a rainstorm warning and it is not practicable to produce the person before a magistrate within the time limit prescribed in the said subsection (1) or (4), as the case may be, he shall be produced before a magistrate on the next day, which is not a public holiday, after the day on which the gale warning or rainstorm warning ceases.
(Amended 41 of 1993 s. 8)

9. Attendance on summons, etc.
(1) Any person who is required by a summons or other court process or otherwise to attend any judicial proceedings on a day and at a time which falls within a period of adjournment shall attend the adjourned hearing.
(2) Any person who is required by a subpoena or otherwise to produce any document or other thing at any judicial proceedings on a day and at a time which falls within a period of adjournment shall produce the document or other thing at the adjourned hearing.

### Judicial Proceedings (Adjournment During Gale Warnings) Ordinance 《司法程序(烈風警告期間聆訊延期)條例》

11. Penalty for wilful default
A person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of section 7, 8 or 9 shall not incur any penalty for such default unless the default is wilful.

### Loans Ordinance 《借款條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Loans Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
borrow (借入) includes the power to draw upon a credit facility, and includes to borrow within the meaning of section 2A(2); (Amended 7 of 2014 s. 3)
issue (發行), in relation to a bond, promissory note or other instrument in the form described in section 4(1A)(b), means registering the holding of such bond, note or instrument by the person to whom it is issued by entering the relevant information or data into the relevant record; (Added 47 of 1991 s. 2)
lender (貸款人) means any person from whom the Government borrows money under this Ordinance.