### District Court Suitors’ Funds Rules 《區域法院訴訟人儲存金規則》

3. Lodgment of funds
(1) All funds to be lodged in court on any ledger account shall, unless required by any law to be dealt with in any particular way, be lodged with the Registrar who shall give to the person making the lodgment a receipt in respect thereof. (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(2) When it is proposed to lodge in court any securities, movable property, boxes or other effects, the Registrar may make such inspection thereof as he thinks fit, before giving to the person making the lodgment a receipt in respect thereof.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), every receipt given in respect of any lodgment must be headed with the title of the cause or matter to which the lodgment is referable and shall contain adequate particulars as to such lodgment and shall be as nearly as may be in Form 1 in the Schedule. (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(4) If money is lodged in court as funds, the receipt given in respect of the lodgment must—
(a) specify the amount of money received;
(b) specify the court action number to which the lodgment is referable;
(c) specify the date of any order directing the lodgment;
(d) specify the party making the lodgment;
(e) specify the method of lodgment;
(f) contain a general description of the purposes of the lodgment; and
(g) be in Form 1A in the Schedule. (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(5) Where the funds lodged are money the Registrar shall pay the same to an account to be called the “District Court Suitors’ Funds Account” at such bank as the Director of Accounting Services shall direct. (L.N. 16 of 1977; L.N. 453 of 1993)

4. Keeping of accounts and register
(1) The Registrar shall—
(a) keep appropriate ledger accounts to which all funds lodged in court which are money or securities shall be credited and any such funds withdrawn or transferred therefrom shall be debited to such accounts;
(b) enter into such accounts in an appropriate manner the investment of any such funds lodged in court; and
(c) enter into such accounts in an appropriate manner any dealing, other than by way of lodgment, withdrawal, transfer or investment, of such funds as the circumstances of the case require.
(2) The Registrar shall—
(a) keep a register of all funds lodged in court which are not money or securities;
(b) enter in the register any lodgment, withdrawal, transfer, investment or other dealings of such funds; and (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(c) for each entry in the register make a memorandum in the appropriate manner in the ledger accounts.

### District Court Suitors’ Funds Rules 《區域法院訴訟人儲存金規則》

5. Annual statement of accounts
(1) The Registrar shall cause to be prepared for every period of twelve months ending on the 31st day of March in each year a statement of the accounts kept under rule 4(1) which statement shall—
(a) include a receipts and payments account and a statement of assets and liabilities; and
(b) be signed by the Registrar.
(2) (Repealed 32 of 2000 s. 23)

6. Securities
(L.N. 149 of 2015)(1) All kinds of securities may be lodged in court.
(2) Securities issued by companies or corporations constituted under the laws of Hong Kong, such securities being fully paid up and free from all liability, may be transferred to the Registrar by his name of office. (25 of 1998 s. 2; L.N. 149 of 2015)
(3) Other securities may be placed in a box or packet and lodged with the Registrar, who shall, before taking custody of such box or packet, ensure that it is properly marked and secured and shall inspect the contents thereof in the presence of the person lodging the same. (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(4) When securities are to be transferred into the name of the Registrar, the person lodging such securities shall— (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(a) execute a transfer thereof and shall obtain from the Registrar an authority which shall be as nearly as may be in Form 2 in the Schedule; and
(b) lodge such transfer together with the authority at the office of the company or corporation in whose books the securities are to be transferred.
(5) A company or corporation at the office of which a transfer and authority under paragraph (4) has been lodged must, after registering the transfer— (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(a) if the securities are not listed on a recognized stock market, forward to the Registrar a certificate in Form 3 in the Schedule, stating that the securities have been transferred as authorized; or
(b) if the securities are listed on a recognized stock market, lodge in court the certificate of the securities issued in the name of office of the Registrar. (L.N. 149 of 2015)
(6) On receiving a certificate under paragraph (5) the Registrar shall give to the person making the lodgment his receipt in respect thereof.
(7) In this rule—
recognized stock market (認可證券市場) has the meaning given by section 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571). (L.N. 149 of 2015)

### District Court Suitors’ Funds Rules 《區域法院訴訟人儲存金規則》

7. Principal money and dividend in respect of securities to be placed in books
Any principal money or dividends received by the Registrar in respect of securities lodged in court shall be placed in his books, in the case of principal money to the credit to which the securities whereon such money arose were standing at the time of the receipt thereof, and in the case of dividends to the credit to which the securities whereon such dividends accrued were standing at the time of closing of the transfer books of such securities previously to the dividends becoming due.

8. Payment out of money lodged in court
(1) Any money lodged in court may be paid out—
(a) if the amount does not exceed $250, in cash or by cheque;
(b) if the amount exceeds $250, by cheque; or
(c) in respect of any amount, by payments made by the transfer of funds from the bank account of the court,
and any cheque or instructions to the bank for a transfer of funds shall be signed by 2 persons as may from time to time be authorized in writing by the Registrar. (L.N. 304 of 1979; L.N. 342 of 1980)
(2) Payment out in cash or by cheque must be made at the court on any day that is neither a Saturday nor a general holiday and during the opening hours of the accounts office of the court. (L.N. 149 of 2015)

9. Payment out of fund of sums to be ascertained by certificate of Registrar
When an order directs any sums to be ascertained by the certificate of the Registrar and to be afterwards paid in accordance therewith, such certificate shall be as nearly as may be in Form 4 in the Schedule and the Registrar shall on the request of the persons entitled to payment pay such sum in accordance with rule 8.

10. Payment of costs
When an order directs payment out of a fund in court of any costs directed to be taxed, the Registrar shall—
(a) state in his certificate the name and address of the person to whom such costs are payable, which certificate shall be as nearly as may be in Form 5 in the Schedule; and
(b) on the request of the persons entitled to payment, pay such sum in accordance with rule 8.