Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to summarily assessed costs payment?
14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. Pay the ordered sum. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation.
- Period
- 14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date
- Trigger
- Date of the qualifying direction or order
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)
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What period applies to summarily assessed costs payment?
14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. Pay the ordered sum. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation.
Responsible actor. Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs.
Date of the qualifying direction or order
14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date
Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs. Qualifying rule 9(4)(b) or 9A(1) order; Party not an aided person; No specified different payment date. A Court-specified date replaces the ordinary fourteen days. Rule 9B(2) excludes an aided person.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)How does this provision count time?
- Pay the ordered sum
- Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs uses the established date of the qualifying direction or order. 14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods.
- Pay the ordered sum. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation.
- The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation.
- A closed interparty or combined endpoint needs separate source qualification. An ordinary weekday calculation does not certify this boundary.
Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs uses the established date of the qualifying direction or order. 14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods.
Pay the ordered sum. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation. This closed interparty or combined filing and service boundary is withheld pending separate qualification of section71 and the applicable Court procedure. The calculator refuses that boundary.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs. Date of the qualifying direction or order occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply.
| Step | What is counted | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Example 1. Ordinary established facts | Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs. Date of the qualifying direction or order occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation. | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs. Date of the qualifying direction or order occurs on Monday, October 5, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation. | A closed interparty completion requires separate Cap.1 section71 and applicable Rules qualification. No unverified service carry is inferred. |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs. Date of the qualifying direction or order occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The complete eligibility and procedural facts are not established. This actual branch must be established independently before any ordinary endpoint can be used. Qualifying rule 9(4)(b) or 9A(1) order | A Court-specified date replaces the ordinary fourteen days. Rule 9B(2) excludes an aided person. |
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?
- Qualifying rule 9(4)(b) or 9A(1) order
- Qualifying rule 9(4)(b) or 9A(1) order
- Party not an aided person
- Party not an aided person
- No specified different payment date
- No specified different payment date
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs uses the established date of the qualifying direction or order. 14 days after direction or order unless Court specifies a date. Exclude the effective event day. Ordinary intervening weekends remain counted unless an applicable source provision excludes them. High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), section 31(1), omits Summer Vacation for the applicable civil procedural period not exceeding one month unless the Court directs otherwise. Order 64 rule 1 supplies August 1 through August 31. Order 3 rule 3 separately covers pleading periods. Pay the ordered sum. An office calendar does not automatically change this service, deemed-event, minimum-interval or status boundary. The source and the actual completion route control. The due date concerns payment, not commencement of taxation.
- Party ordered to pay summarily assessed costs. Qualifying rule 9(4)(b) or 9A(1) order; Party not an aided person; No specified different payment date. A Court-specified date replaces the ordinary fourteen days. Rule 9B(2) excludes an aided person.
- A Court-specified date replaces the ordinary fourteen days. Rule 9B(2) excludes an aided person.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to summarily assessed costs payment?
Do all costs orders use fourteen days?
No. Order 62 rule 9B concerns the specified summary-assessment directions or orders.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)Can the Court fix another payment date?
Yes. Rule 9B(1)(b) expressly permits a date specified by the Court.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)Does the aided-person exception matter?
Yes. Paragraph (2) says paragraph (1) does not apply if the party is an aided person.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)Does service of the costs order start the ordinary period?
The provision identifies the date of the direction or order, not a later assumed service date.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)Is the result a deadline to tax the bill?
No. Payment of summarily assessed costs is different from commencing detailed taxation.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)Can a Registry closure automatically defer payment to another party?
Do not assume Court-office carry for an ordinary payment act. Establish the required completion method and controlling order.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 62, rule 9B(1)(a) | 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 |