(a) 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.

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