THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 13, 1933.
tained, or Appearance entered or affidavits filed on behalf of such person, it must be shewn by affidavit what proceedings, if any, have been taken thereon.
If more than twelve calendar months has elapsed since the date of the Decree Nisi an affidavit by the Petitioner giving reasons for the delay must be filed.
Alimony pending suit, Permanent Alimony, Maintenance and Periodical Payments, Variation of Settlements and Settlement of Wife's Property.
54. A wife who is Petitioner in a cause after filing her Petition may
file and after serving the same may serve a Petition for alimony pending suit, and a wife after entering Appearance to a Petition may file and serve a Petition for alimony pending suit.
55. The husband shall within fourteen days after service of a Petition for alimony file his Answer thereto upon oath setting out his property and income and, if Respondent, shall before so doing enter an Appearance in the cause. Such Appearance may be limited to the alimony proceedings.
56. The wife, if the husband's Answer is insufficient, may apply on summons for a further and better Answer or for discovery of documents or for an order for the husband's attendance for cross-examination, and such order shall there- upon be made as in the circumstances of the case may appear to a Judge to be required.
57. If the Answer of the husband alleges that the wife has property or income, she may within fourteen days file a Reply on oath to that allegation; but the husband may not file a Rejoinder to such Reply without leave of a Judge.
58. A wife who has obtained a decree of Judicial Separa- tion may apply for an allotment of permanent alimony. She may proceed with such application upon the pleadings already filed on her application for alimony pending suit on giving eight days' notice to her husband or his solicitor of her intention so to do. Otherwise the rules governing an application for alimony pending suit shall govern an application for permanent alimony.
59. Permanent alimony shall, unless otherwise ordered, commence from the date of the final decree for judicial separation.
60.-(1) Application for maintenance or periodical pay- ments on a decree for dissolution or nullity of marriage shall be made in a separate Petition which may be filed at any time after Decree Nisi but not later than one calendar month after Decree Absolute except by leave to be applied for by summons to a Judge.
(2) Application for periodical payments may be made in like manner at any time after non-compliance with a Decree of Restitution of Conjugal Rights.
61. A certified copy of such Petition under the seal of the Court shall be served on the husband or wife (as the case may be) or his or her solicitor upon the record.
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