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“public seal” means the public seal of Hong Kong;

“registered”, when used with reference to a document, means registered under the provisions of any law applicable to the registration of such a document;

“Registrar of the Supreme Court” means the Registrar of the Supreme Court and any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of the Supreme Court;

“repeal” includes rescind, revoke, cancel or replace;

“rules of court”, when used in relation to any court, means rules made by the authority having for the time being power to make rules and orders regulating the practice and procedure of such court;

“Secretary of State” means one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State for the time being;

“sell” includes exchange and barter;

“ship” includes every description of vessel used in navigation not exclusively propelled by oars;

“sign" includes, in the case of a person unable to write, the affixing or making of a seal, mark, thumbprint or chop;

“solicitor” means a person admitted to practise as a solicitor before the Supreme Court;

“standard time” means standard time as defined in section 67;

“statutory declaration”, if made—
 * (a) in the Colony, means a declaration under the Statutory Declaration Ordinance;
 * (b) in any part of the Commonwealth except the Colony, means a declaration made before a justice of the peace, notary public, or other person having authority therein under any legal provision for the time being in force in such part to take or receive a declaration;
 * (c) in any other place, means a declaration before a British consul or person having authority under any Act for the time being in force to take or receive a declaration;

“street” and “road” meamn—
 * (a) any highway, street, road, bridge, thoroughfare, parade, square, court, alley, lane, bridle-way, footway, passage; and
 * (b) any open place, whether situate on land leased from the Crown or not, used or frequented by the public or to which the public have or are permitted to have access;