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A2102 “judgment” (判決) includes decree, order or decision;

“record” (紀錄) means the aggregate of papers relating to an appeal (including the pleadings, evidence and judgments) proper to be laid before the Court on the hearing of the appeal.

20. Application

This Part applies to appeals in any civil cause or matter.

21. Civil jurisdiction

The civil jurisdiction of the Court shall consist of appeals under this Part and under any other law.

22. Civil appeals

(1) An appeal shall lie to the Court in any civil cause or matter—
 * (a) as of right, from any final judgment of the Court of Appeal, where the matter in dispute on the appeal amounts to or is of the value of $1,000,000 or more, or where the appeal involves, directly or indirectly, some claim or question to or respecting property or some civil right amounting to or of the value of $1,000,000 or more; and
 * (b) at the discretion of the Court of Appeal or the Court, from any other judgment of the Court of Appeal, whether final or interlocutory, if, in the opinion of the Court of Appeal or the Court, as the case may be, the question involved in the appeal is one which, by reason of its great general or public importance, or otherwise, ought to be submitted to the Court for decision.

(2) The Governor in Council may by order published in the Gazette amend subsection (1) to vary the amounts specified.

23. Leave to appeal

(1) No appeal shall be admitted unless either—
 * (a) leave to appeal has been granted by the Court of Appeal; or
 * (b) in the absence of such leave, leave has been granted by the Court.

(2) Where an appeal lies of right, leave to appeal shall not be refused but shall, in the first instance, be granted as conditional leave in accordance with section 25.