1983 Ed.]
Matrimonial Causes
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(b) if it took place outside Hong Kong, celebrated or contracted in accordance with the law in force at the time and in the place where the marriage was performed and recognized by such law as involving the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others:
"property" means any real or personal property, any estate or interest in real or personal property, any money, any negotiable instrument, debt or other chose in action, and any other right or interest whether in possession or not;
"the Proctor" means the Attorney General.
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PART II
JURISDICTION OF COURT
The court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings for divorce under this Ordinance if-
(a) both parties to the marriage were domiciled in Hong Kong at the date of the petition;
(b) in the case of proceedings by a wife-
(i) the wife was resident in Hong Kong at the date of the petition and has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for the period of 3 years immediately preceding the date of the petition; or
(ii) the wife has been deserted by her husband or the husband has been deported from Hong Kong under any law and the husband was immediately before the desertion or deportation domiciled in Hong Kong; or
(c) either of the parties to the marriage had a substantial connexion with Hong Kong at the date of the petition. (Added, 68 of 1970, s. 26)
4.
The court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings for nullity under this Ordinance if-
(a) either of the parties to the marriage was domiciled in or had a substantial connexion with Hong Kong at the date of the petition; (Amended, 68 of 1970, s. 26)
(b) in the case of proceedings by a wife----
(i) the wife was resident in Hong Kong at the date of the petition and has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for the period of 3 years immediately preceding the date of the petition; or
(ii) the wife has been deserted by her husband or the husband has been deported from Hong Kong under any law and the husband was immediately before the desertion or deportation domiciled in Hong Kong:
1965 c. 2. s. 26461.
Jurisdiction in divorce.
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Jurisdiction in nullity.
1963 c. 72. s. 40(1).