THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 3, 1936.
Verification of Petition.
7.--(1) The statements contained in every petition under these Rules shall be signed by the petitioner and in cases where the petitioner is seeking a decree of dissolution of marriage the petition shall include a declaration that no collusion or connivance exists between the petitioner and the other party to the marriage, and that neither the petitioner nor, within the knowledge of the petitioner, the other party to the marriage has instituted proceedings which are still pending for the dissolution of the marriage in England or Scotland.
(2) The petition shall be verified by affidavit.
Co-Respondents and Interveners.
8. In every petition presented by a husband for the dissolution of his marriage the petitioner shall make the alleged adulterers co-respondents in the suit, unless the Court shall otherwise direct.
9. Where a husband is charged with adultery with a named person, a certified copy of the pleading containing such charge shall, unless the Court for good cause shown otherwise directs, be served upon the person with whom adultery is alleged to have been committed, accompanied by a notice that such person is entitled, within the time therein specified, to apply for leave to intervene in the cause.
Service of Petitions and Notices.
10. Every petition or notice referred to in these Rules shall be served on the party to be affected thereby, either within or without the Colony of Hong Kong, in the manner prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure (Ordinance No. 3 of 1901, of Hong Kong) for the service of summonses:
Provided that unless the Court for good cause shown otherwise directs, service of all such petitions and notices shall be effected by delivery of the same to the party to be affected thereby, and the Court shall record that it is satisfied that service has been so effected.
Appearance.
11. A petitioner cannot proceed to trial unless an appearance has been entered by or on behalf of each respondent or co-respondent or intervener, or it has been shown by affidavit filed in the Registry that any such person who has not appeared has been duly served.
12. An appearance may be entered at any time before a proceeding has been taken in default, or afterwards by leave to be applied for by summons founded on affidavit.
13. If any respondent or co-respondent or intervener wishes to raise any question as to the jurisdiction of the Court, he (or she) must enter an appearance under protest and within eight days file in the Registry a written statement of his (or her) grounds of objection to the jurisdiction and within the same period deliver a copy of such statement to the petitioner. No further grounds of objection will be allowed at the hearing.