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Public consultation on Remote Hearing: Draft Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill, Practice Directions and Operational Guidelines
The Judiciary is consulting the public on the draft Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill (“the Bill”). The Bill seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework concerning the application, operation and effect of remote hearings for court proceedings. To illustrate how the Bill will operate upon enactment, the Judiciary has prepared the draft Practice Directions (“PDs”) and the draft Operational Guidelines. They provide the operational and administrative details for the conduct of remote hearings.
Consultation document
The Judiciary invites the public to give views on the draft Bill, draft PDs and draft Operational Guidelines. Respondents are invited to give us their views on or before 15 September 2022 by the following means:
- By email
- remote_hearing_bill@judiciary.hk
- By fax
- 2501 4636
- By post
- Planning and Development Division, Judiciary,
Room 802-808, 8/F, High Block,
Queensway Government Offices,
66 Queensway, Hong Kong