### District Court Ordinance 《區域法院條例》

47C. Provisions supplementary to sections 47A and 47B
(1) The power to make rules of court includes power to make rules of court as to the circumstances in which an order under section 47A or 47B can be made.
(2) Rules may include the incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions which the Rules Committee may consider necessary or expedient.
(3) The Court shall award costs of and incidental to the proceedings to the person against whom an order is sought under sections 47A and 47B unless the Court otherwise directs.
(Added 28 of 2000 s. 24)

47D. Powers of the Court exercisable before commencement of action
(1) A person authorized by the rules may, in proceedings in an action, in which a claim is made, apply to the Court for an order for and the Court may order— (Amended 3 of 2008 s. 16)
(a) the inspection, photographing, preservation, custody and detention of property which may become the subject-matter of the proceedings or as to which any question may arise in the proceedings;
(b) the taking of samples of the property mentioned in paragraph (a) and the carrying out of any experiment on or with the property.
(2) An application under this section is to be made in accordance with rules of court.
(3) Rules may be made to include—
(a) the manner in which an application for an order can be made and by whom;
(b) the circumstances in which an order can be made; and
(c) the incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions which the Rules Committee may consider necessary or expedient.
(4) In this section, property (財產) includes any land, chattel or other physical property of any description.
(Added 28 of 2000 s. 24)

47E. Application to Government of sections 47A to 47D
(1) Section 47D binds the Government so far as it relates to property (within the meaning of that section) which appears to the Court to be likely to become the subject-matter of subsequent proceedings. (Amended 3 of 2008 s. 21)
(2) Sections 47A, 47B and 47C bind the Government.
(3) The Court shall not make an order under section 47A, 47B or 47D if it considers that compliance with an order would be likely to be injurious to the public interest.
(Added 28 of 2000 s. 24)

### District Court Ordinance 《區域法院條例》

48. General ancillary jurisdiction
(1) The Court has the same power as the Court of First Instance in any proceedings before it—
(a) to grant the relief, redress, or remedy or combination of remedies, either absolute or conditional; and
(b) subject to section 46, to give effect to every ground of defence or counterclaim, equitable or legal,

which ought to be granted or given.
(2) The Court has to administer law and equity so that, if there is a conflict or variance between the rules of equity and the rules of the common law referring to the same matter, the rules of equity prevail.
(3) The Court has to give the same effect as in the past—
(a) to equitable estates, titles, rights, relieves, defences and counterclaims, and to equitable duties and liabilities; and
(b) subject to paragraph (a), to legal claims and demands and estates, titles, rights, duties, obligations, and liabilities existing by the common law or by any custom or created by an Ordinance.
(4) The Court has to exercise its jurisdiction to secure that, as far as possible, all matters in dispute between the parties are completely and finally determined, and multiplicity of legal proceedings on any of those matters is avoided.
(5) The Court may stay any proceedings before it, where it thinks fit to do so, either of its own motion or on the application of any person, whether or not a party to the proceedings.
(Replaced 28 of 2000 s. 24)

48A. Power to award damages as well as, or in substitution for, injunction or specific performance
The Court may award damages in addition to or in substitution for an injunction or specific performance where it has jurisdiction to entertain an application for an injunction or specific performance.
(Added 28 of 2000 s. 24)

48B. Contempt of Court
A judge has the powers of a judge of the Court of First Instance to—
(a) punish for disobedience of a judgment or order of the Court; or
(b) punish for breach of undertaking; or
(c) discipline or punish for breach of a duty imposed upon a solicitor by rules of court.
(Added 28 of 2000 s. 24)

### District Court Ordinance 《區域法院條例》

49. Interest on claims for debt and damages
(1) The Court may include simple interest, at the rate the Court thinks fit in a judgment for a debt or damages, on the debt or damages or on a payment made before judgment, for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and—
(a) for a sum paid before judgment, the date of the payment; and
(b) for the sum for which judgment is given, the date of the judgment.
(2) Rules of court may provide for the rate of interest and the method of calculation.
(3) In a judgment given for damages for personal injuries or arising out of the death of a person which exceed $30,000, the Court has, unless the Court is satisfied that there are special reasons to the contrary, to include simple interest at the rate the Court thinks fit on—
(a) payment made before judgment, for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the payment; and
(b) any other sum for which judgment is given, for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the judgment.
(4) The defendant in proceedings for the recovery of a debt who pays the whole debt to the plaintiff (otherwise than in pursuance of a judgment in the proceedings) is liable to pay the plaintiff interest at the rate the Court thinks fit or rules of court provide on the debt for the period between the date when the cause of action arose and the date of the payment.
(5) Interest in respect of a debt shall not be awarded under this section for a period during which, for whatever reason, interest on the debt already runs.
(6) Interest under this section may be calculated at different rates for different periods.
(7) In determining, for the purposes of section 32, 33, 36 or 37, whether an amount exceeds or is less than the amount specified in those sections, the Court shall not take account of any interest that may be ordered under this section or of any order for interest made under this section.
(8) This section does not affect the damages recoverable for the dishonour of a bill of exchange.
(9) In this section—
defendant (被告人) means the person from whom the plaintiff seeks the debt or damages;
plaintiff (原告人) means the person seeking the debt or damages.
(Replaced 28 of 2000 s. 24)

### District Court Ordinance 《區域法院條例》

50. Interest on judgments
(1) Judgment debts are to carry simple interest—
(a) at the rate the Court orders; or
(b) in the absence of an order, at the rate the Chief Justice determines by order,

on the total amount of the judgment debt, or on the part that for the time being remains unpaid, from the date of the judgment until payment.
(2) Interest under this section may be calculated at different rates for different periods.
(Replaced 28 of 2000 s. 24)