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Mr Charles Moore,
Hong Kong Department,
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2 November 1993
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Dear
Charles,
HONG KONG : AMENDMENT TO LAW ON DIVORCE
Thank you for your letter of 20 October 1993
on
seeking more details Matrimonial Causes Ordinance Hong Kong).
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our proposal to amend the (Chapter 179 of the Laws of
to
amend the Ordinance to provide for of the Hong Kong Law Reform
We propose the following recommendations
Commission, that :-
to
for a 2 year period the submission of a
(a) the current requirement
of separation prior
divorce petition to which both parties consent should be reduced to one year;
(b) where both
should be
application
parties consent to a divorce they permitted to make છે. joint
(at present, they have no choice but to assume the adversarial roles of petitioner and respondent);
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