Mr. Galsworthy.
Hong Kong Divorces.
I have seen the Hong Kong immediate
telegram. I do not want to raise any ob-
jection to their draft Ordinance, but they
might like to consider the following
The definition of, I think it is, "Supreme
Court" seems to assume a positive answer to
the very question at issue, i.e. whether
the Chief Justice sitting in the internment
camp was the Supreme Court of the Colony.
It might be preferable, therefore, to
amend the definition to avoid this assumptio
if the definition is required, but as there
is no other reference to the Court in the
telegram the definition may be unnecessary.
In any event I think the parties to
the divorce, when they are informed of this
legislation, should be warned of the doubt
as to its efficacy if the husband was
not domiciled in the Colony at the time.
30th May, 1947.