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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 20, 1936.
(2) In any proceedings for contribution under this section the amount of the contribution recoverable from any person shall be such as may be found by the court to be just and equitable having regard to the extent of that person's responsibility for the damage; and the court shall have power to exempt any person from liability to make contribution, or to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity.
(3) For the purposes of this section—
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(a) the expressions parent and 'child have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Ordinance, 1889; and
(b) the reference in this section to "the judgment first given shall, in a case where that judgment is reversed on appeal, be construed as a reference to the judgment first given which is not so reversed and, in a case where a judg- ment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied.
(4) Nothing in this section shall-
(a) apply with respect to any tort committed before the commencement of this Ordinance; or
(b) affect any criminal proceedings against any person in respect of any wrongful act; or
(c) render enforceable any agreement for indemnity which would not have been enforceable if this section had not been passed.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 19th day of March, 1936.
Ordinance No. 3 of 1889.
H. R. BUTTERS,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
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