1986 Ed.]
Guardianship of Minors
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whether any party to the proceedings who is present or represented by counsel or solicitor at the hearing objects to anything contained therein; and where objection is made-
(a) the court shall require the officer by whom the statement was or purported to be made to give evidence on or with respect to the matters referred to therein; and
(b) any party to the proceedings may give or call evidence with respect to any matter referred to in the statement or in any evidence given by the officer.
(3) The court may take account of any statement made or read aloud under subsection (2) and of any evidence given under paragraph (a) of that subsection, so far as that statement or evidence relates to the matters specified by the court under subsection (1), notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law relating to the admissibility of evidence.
18. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a guardian under this Ordinance, besides being guardian of the person of the minor, shall have all the rights, powers and duties of a guardian of the minor's estate, including in particular the right to receive and recover in his own name for the benefit of the minor property of whatever description and wherever situated which the minor is entitled to receive or recover.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall restrict or affect the power of the High Court to appoint a person to be, or to act as, the guardian of a minor's estate either generally or for a particular purpose; and subsection (1) shall not apply to a guardian under this Ordinance so long as there is a guardian of the minor's estate alone.
19. (1) Any person for the time being under an obligation to make payment in pursuance of any order for the payment of money under this Ordinance shall within 14 days of a change of address give notice of his new address to such person, if any, as may be specified in the order. (Amended, 65 of 1986, s. 9)
(2) Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to give a notice, which he is required by subsection (1) to give, commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding $500.
20. (1) Where a maintenance order has been made and there is any pension or income capable of being attached payable to the person against whom the order is made, the court may-
(a) after giving the person an opportunity of being heard; and
(b) on being satisfied that the person has without reasonable cause failed to make any payment which he is required by the order to make, (Amended, 65 of 1986, s. 10)
order the pension or income to be attached as to the whole or part of the amount payable under the maintenance order and the amount attached to be paid to the person named by the court.
1973 c. 29, s. 6(3).
Powers of guardians. 1973 c. 29, s. 7(1).
1973 c. 29, s. 7(2).
Person subject to maintenance order to notify change of address.
1971 c. 3, s. 13(2).
Attachment of pension or income to satisfy order.