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No. 10 of 1905.
MARRIED WOMEN (DESERTION).
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- 1905.
No. 1 of 1905, incorporated in No. 14 of 1904.
No. 2 of 1905, incorporated in No. 9 of 1897.
No. 3 of 1905, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.
No. 4 of 1905, repealed by No. 8 of 1912 s. 87.
No. 5 of 1905, incorporated in No. 10 of 1899.
No. 6 of 1905, incorporated in No. 4 of 1897.
No. 7 of 1905, incorporated in No. 1 of 1845.
No. 8 of 1905, repealed by No. 8 of 1912 s. 87.
No. 9 of 1905, repealed by No. 34 of 1910.
Short title.
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Interpreta-tion.
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Power of Magistrate to make
orders for maintenance. +
No. 10 of 1905.
Relating to the maintenance of Married Women deserted by
their Husbands.
[6th October, 1905.]
1. The Married Women (Desertion) Ordinance, 1905.
2. In this Ordinance, married woman
includes the first wife (kit fat) or second wife (tin fong) of any Chinese man married to him in accordance with the laws and customs of China, and any woman married to a man of Asiatic race (not being Chinese) in accordance with the rites and ceremonies of his religion.
3. Any married woman whose husband shall have deserted her, or whose husband shall have been guilty of persistent cruelty to her, or of wilful neglect to provide reasonable maintenance for her or for her infant children whom he is legally liable to maintain, and
* As amended by No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911. For evidence of parties in proceedings under this Ordinance see No. 14 of 1906 s. 5.