(d) in the case of a wife's petition in which the court is alleged to have jurisdiction by virtue of section 3 of the Act of 1940, the domicile of the husband immediately before the alleged desertion, and the date when and circumstances in which the alleged desertion began ;

(e) the places at which the matrimonial offences charged are alleged to

have been committed;

(f) the grounds upon which the petitioner claims that in the interests of justice it is desirable that the suit should be determined in Hong Kong.

Limitation where proceedings pending in United Kingdom

8.-(1) Where it appears to the court that proceedings for the dissolution of the marriage have been instituted in any part of the United Kingdom before the date upon which the petition was filed in Hong Kong, the court shall either dismiss the petition or stay further proceedings thereon until the proceedings in the United Kingdom have terminated, or until the court shall otherwise direct.

(2) Where it appears to the court that such proceedings were instituted after the filing of the petition in Hong Kong, the court may, subject to the provisions of the Acts, proceed with the trial of the suit.

Appointment of Proctor

9. The Attorney General of Hong Kong shall, under the designation of Proctor, exercise within the jurisdiction of the court the duties assigned to Her Majesty's Proctor by the law for the time being applying to matrimonial causes in England.

Court not to order secured provision where parties domiciled in Scotland

10. Where a decree is made for the dissolution of a marriage the parties to which are domiciled in Scotland, the court shall not make an order for the securing of a gross or annual sum of money.

Court not to modify, etc. orders in certain circumstances

11. The court shall not entertain an application for the modification or discharge of an order unless the person on whose petition the decree for the dissolution of the marriage was pronounced is resident in Hong Kong at the time such application is made.

Certificates to be signed by Registrar of court

12. A certificate referred to in subsection (2) of section 1 of the Act of 1926 (as substituted by subsection (1) of section 4 of the Act of 1940 and as amended by paragraph (c) of section 1 of the Colonial and Other Terri- tories (Divorce Jurisdiction) Act 1950) shall be in the form set out in the Schedule hereto and shall be signed by the Registrar of the court and sealed with the seal of the court.

Procedure generally

13. Subject to the provisions of these Rules, all proceedings under the Acts shall be regulated by the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance with such modifications as the circumstances require.

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