Hong Kong · civil procedure
What period applies to interrogatories variation application?
14 days after service. Apply to the Court to withdraw or vary interrogatories. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation.
- Period
- 14 days after service
- Trigger
- Effective service of interrogatories without Court order
- Rule
- Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)
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What period applies to interrogatories variation application?
14 days after service. Apply to the Court to withdraw or vary interrogatories. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation.
Responsible actor. Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation.
Effective service of interrogatories without Court order
14 days after service
Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation. Interrogatories served without order; Actual service; Recipient elects application; Not Crown interrogatory route. Order 26 rule 3 addresses interrogatories without order. Court-ordered interrogatories require their own terms.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)How does this provision count time?
- Apply to the Court to withdraw or vary interrogatories
- Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation uses the established effective service of interrogatories without court order. 14 days after service. 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.
- Apply to the Court to withdraw or vary interrogatories. 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. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation.
- A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation.
Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation uses the established effective service of interrogatories without court order. 14 days after service. 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.
Apply to the Court to withdraw or vary interrogatories. 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. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)What do independently checked examples show?
Fictitious example
Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation. Effective service of interrogatories without Court 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 | Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation. Effective service of interrogatories without Court order occurs on Friday, October 9, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days after service. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation. | Friday, October 23, 2026 |
| Example 2. Closed-day boundary | Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation. Effective service of interrogatories without Court order occurs on Monday, October 5, 2026. The retained eligibility and ordinary procedural conditions apply. 14 days after service. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation. | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Example 3. Material procedural branch | Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation. Effective service of interrogatories without Court 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. Interrogatories served without order | Order 26 rule 3 addresses interrogatories without order. Court-ordered interrogatories require their own terms. |
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?
- Interrogatories served without order
- Interrogatories served without order
- Actual service
- Actual service
- Recipient elects application
- Recipient elects application
- Not Crown interrogatory route
- Not Crown interrogatory route
- Correct source counting and completion route
- Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation uses the established effective service of interrogatories without court order. 14 days after service. 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. Apply to the Court to withdraw or vary interrogatories. 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. A timely application seeks judicial relief and does not itself grant variation.
- Recipient seeking withdrawal or variation. Interrogatories served without order; Actual service; Recipient elects application; Not Crown interrogatory route. Order 26 rule 3 addresses interrogatories without order. Court-ordered interrogatories require their own terms.
- Order 26 rule 3 addresses interrogatories without order. Court-ordered interrogatories require their own terms.
What must the responsible actor complete?
Questions about this procedure
What period applies to interrogatories variation application?
Do Court-ordered interrogatories use this branch?
No. Order 26 rule 3(2) concerns interrogatories served without order.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)What starts the fourteen-day application period?
Actual effective service of those interrogatories on the recipient.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)Does asking the sender informally count as applying?
The provision requires an application to the Court for withdrawal or variation.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)Can the Court withdraw only some questions?
The application may seek withdrawal or variation of the interrogatories. The actual decision controls the relief.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)Does filing the application itself extend answers time?
Do not presume that it does. Retain any actual order changing the response schedule.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)Are Crown interrogatories within the without-order rule?
Rule 3(3) excludes the Crown from the relevant without-order provision.
Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2)Official sources and review
Provisions used (5)
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Rules of the High Court (Cap. 4A), Order 26, rule 3(2) | 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 |