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GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the Second Reading of: 'A Bill to amend the Guardianship of Minors Ordinance'.
He said:
sic,
I move that the Guardianship of Minors (Amendment) Bill
that
1988 be read a second time.
Section
22 of
excludes the
the Guardianship of Minors
jurisdiction of the District Court in relation
Ordinance
to
of
self-support.
This restriction
minors over 16 years, unless the minor is physically or mentally
incapable
on the District
Court's powers has been in the Ordinance from the outset and has its origins in the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 of. the United
there Kingdom. This restriction was, however, abolished in the United
Л Kingdom in 1978.
with
The restriction is anomalous as the District Court is
both all minors under
the Matrimonial
to deal empowered
Causes Ordinance and the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property
The Bill before the Council today seeks to remove
this anomaly by repealing section 22 of the Ordinance.
Ordinance.
Sir, I
move
that the
debate on
this motion
be
how adjourned.
Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.