Legislative Council of Hong Kong

“ Leave to appeal shall not be granted unless it is certified by the Court of Appeal or the High Court, as the case may be, that a point of law of great and general importance is involved in the decision or it is shown that substantial and grave injustice has been done. ”

“ A person shall be eligible to be appointed as a judge from another common law jurisdiction if he is—
(a) a judge or retired judge of a court of unlimited jurisdiction in either civil or criminal matters in another common law jurisdiction; (b) a person who is ordinarily resident outside Hong Kong; and (c) a person who has never been a judge of the Supreme Court, a District Judge or a permanent magistrate, in Hong Kong. ”

“ Notwithstanding the fact that he has attained the retiring age or that his term of office has for any reason expired, a judge may continue to sit as and perform all the functions of a member of the Court for as long as may be necessary to enable the Court to deliver judgment or do any other thing in relation to proceedings that were commenced, before he attained that age or before his term of office expired, in the Court of which he was then sitting as a member. ”

“ A single permanent judge may exercise the powers of the Court—
(a) to extend the time for making an application for leave to appeal; and (b) to make an order for or in relation to bail under Part III, but where the judge refuses an application to exercise any of these powers, the applicant shall be entitled to have the application determined by the Appeal Committee which for the purposes of this section may exercise all the powers of the Court. ”

“ Where a person subject to a sentence is granted bail under section 34 or 35, the time during which he is released on bail shall be disregarded in computing the term of his sentence unless the Court, the Court of Appeal or the High Court, as the case may be, otherwise directs. ”

“ The Court may as required invite non-permanent Hong Kong judges to sit on the Court.
(3) The Court may as required invite judges from other common law jurisdictions to sit on the Court.
(4) When sitting as a member of the Court pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) a judge shall be deemed to be a member of the Court.
(5) Subject to section 7 (2) there shall be not less than 3 permanent judges. ”