THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1935.
No. 737.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department,
The following Order of His Majesty in Council which appears in the London Gazette of the 20th of August, 1935, is published for general information.
27th September, 1935.
R. A. D. FORREST,
Colonial Secretary.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 13TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1935.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
LORD CHANCELLOR.
LORD SOUTHBOROUGH.
LORD MARSHALL OF CHIPSTEAD.
SIR PHILIP SASSOON.
Whereas by Section 2 of the Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1926, it is enacted that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, provide for applying the provisions of Section 1 of the said Act, subject to the necessary modifica- tions, to any part of His Majesty's dominions other than a self- governing dominion (as therein defined) in like manner as they apply to India, and, in particular, such Order in Council may determine the Court by which the jurisdiction conferred by those provisions is to be exercised:
And whereas the Colony of Hong Kong is a part of His Majesty's dominions other than a self-governing dominion as aforesaid :
And whereas it is expedient to provide for applying the aforesaid provisions of the said Act to the Colony of Hong Kong:
Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue and in the exercise of the powers in this behalf by the Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1926, or otherwise in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, to order and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
1. This Order in Council may be cited as the Hong Kong Divorce Jurisdiction Order in Council, 1935.
2. On and after the first day of January, 1936, the provi- sions of the first Section of the Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act, 1926, shall apply to the Colony of Hong Kong in like manner as they apply to India.
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