Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to arbitral question of law leave?
Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. Make leave application and serve originating summons or summons. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement.
- Period
- Within 30 days after the applicable delivery
- Trigger
- Award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6
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What period applies to arbitral question of law leave?
Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. Make leave application and serve originating summons or summons. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement.
Responsible actor. Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave.
Award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69
Within 30 days after the applicable delivery
Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave. Schedule 2 section 6 actually applies; Complete award correction or interpretation history; Actual applicable delivery; For this ordinary branch no August-crossing short-period interval requiring unresolved section 31 analysis. An actual section 69 correction or interpretation moves the event to delivery of the corrected or interpreted award.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6How does this provision count time?
- Make leave application and serve originating summons or summons
- Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave uses the established award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69. Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them.
- Make leave application and serve originating summons or summons. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement.
- An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement.
Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave uses the established award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69. Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them.
Make leave application and serve originating summons or summons. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave. Award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69 occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. Schedule2Applies By Actual Agreement true. Actual Award Delivered Friday, October 9, 2026. Correction Or Interpretation false. No Summer Crossing true.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave. Award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69 occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. Schedule2Applies By Actual Agreement true. Actual Award Delivered Friday, October 9, 2026. Correction Or Interpretation false. No Summer Crossing true. Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement. | Monday, November 9, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave. Award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69 occurs on Saturday, September 19, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. Schedule2Applies By Actual Agreement true. Actual Award Delivered Saturday, September 19, 2026. Correction Or Interpretation false. No Summer Crossing true. Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement. | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave. Award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69 occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The complete eligibility and procedural facts are not established. Schedule2Applies By Actual Agreement not established. Actual Award Delivered not established. Correction Or Interpretation not established. No Summer Crossing not established. This actual branch must be established independently before any ordinary endpoint can be used. Schedule 2 section 6 actually applies | An actual section 69 correction or interpretation moves the event to delivery of the corrected or interpreted award. |
Fictitious established facts. These examples do not establish eligibility, effective service, relief or a direction.
Try these dates in the calculatorWhich conditions and exceptions apply?
- Schedule 2 section 6 actually applies
- Schedule 2 section 6 actually applies
- Complete award correction or interpretation history
- Complete award correction or interpretation history
- Actual applicable delivery
- Actual applicable delivery
- For this ordinary branch no August-crossing short-period interval requiring unresolved section 31 analysis
- For this ordinary branch no August-crossing short-period interval requiring unresolved section 31 analysis
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave uses the established award delivery or delivery of corrected or interpreted award under section 69. Within 30 days after the applicable delivery. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. Make leave application and serve originating summons or summons. An applicable Court-office completion may move under the exact final-day source only when the act cannot be done there. Establish the actual office route, closure and any different effective electronic route. An asserted legal error does not establish Schedule 2 applicability or leave entitlement.
- Party entitled to seek Schedule 2 question-of-law leave. Schedule 2 section 6 actually applies; Complete award correction or interpretation history; Actual applicable delivery; For this ordinary branch no August-crossing short-period interval requiring unresolved section 31 analysis. An actual section 69 correction or interpretation moves the event to delivery of the corrected or interpreted award.
- An actual section 69 correction or interpretation moves the event to delivery of the corrected or interpreted award.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to arbitral question of law leave?
Does question-of-law leave exist for every award?
No. Establish the actual Schedule 2 section 6 applicability before calculating.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6Does a correction change the delivery anchor?
Order 73 rule 5(2) uses delivery of the corrected or interpreted award where section 69 applies.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6Can a pending request be treated as already disposed?
No. Retain the actual correction or interpretation and its delivered award.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6What must occur within thirty days?
The leave application must be made and its originating summons or summons served.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6Does the summons need the proposed grounds?
Rule 5(4)(a) requires stating the application grounds.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6Is this the three-month Article 34 set-aside period?
No. The question-of-law leave route and its thirty-day delivery event are distinct.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6Official sources and review
Provisions used (6)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 73, rule 5(2); Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), Schedule 2, section 6 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Rules of the High Court (Cap.4A), Order3 rules1–5 and Order64 rule1 | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| High Court Ordinance (Cap.4), section31(1), including its endorsed-writ proviso | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap.1), section71(1)–(2) | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| General Holidays Ordinance (Cap.149), section3 and Schedule | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |
| Arbitration Ordinance (Cap.609), section81 and Schedule2 paragraphs4–6 as applicable | Check the identified procedure, event, counting rule or qualification |