تريد
"the Act of 1926" means the Indian and Colonial (Divorce
Jurisdiction) Act 1926 ( );
(
) 1926 c. 40.
** the Act of 1940" means the Indian and Colonial (Divorce
Jurisdiction) Act 1940 (
);
(
) 1940 c. 35.
"the Acts" means the Colonial and Other Territories (Divorce
Jurisdiction) Acts 1926 to 1950 and any Act amending or
replacing the same.
Appointment of judges
3. (1) The Chief Justice of Hong Kong may, from time to time,
submit to the Lord Chancellor, through the Secretary of State
for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the names of such
judges of the court (including himself) as he may consider
necessary for the purpose of exercising jurisdiction under the
Acts and these Rules.
(2) Upon the approval of the Lord Chancellor of any
nomination so submitted being signified to the Chief Justice by
the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
the Chief Justice shall cause the names so approved to be
notified in the Hong Kong Government Gazette as judges
appointed to exercise jurisdiction under the Acts, and the
judges whose names shall have been so notified shall thereupon
have power to exercise jurisdiction accordingly.
(3) Any judge who has been appointed to exercise
jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions in that behalf
contained in the Hong Kong (Non-Domiciled Parties) Divorce
Rules 1936 ( ) shall be deemed to have been appointed under
(
) S.R. & 0. 1936/30 (Rev. VI, p. 30).
this Rule.
Hearing of petitions