HONG KONG.
No. 28 OF 1947.
I assent.
Officer Administering the Government.
20th June, 1947.
An Ordinance to remove doubts as to the validity of certain Decrees granted in the Colony for the dissolution of a marriage.
[20th June, 1947.]
WHEREAS doubts have been entertained with respect to
the validity of Deorces granted by the Supreme Court of Hong Kong on the 8th day of June, 1942, and the 19th day of December, 1942, in exercise of Divorce Juris- diction in the matter of
Winifred May Dalziel
and
Adam Grey Dalziel
Now therefore :----
Petitioner
Respondent.
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :----
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Divorce Short title,
(Validity) (Dalziel) Ordinance, 1947.
2. In this Ordinance
"Court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
in purported exercise of Divorce Jurisdiction at Stanley,
Hồng Kong.
Interpreta
Lion:
3. For the removal of doubts it is hereby confirmed and Validity of declared that the decrees specified in the Schedule to this decrises. Ordinance are valid and shall be deemed always to have been valid in all respects as from the dates of the grant or making thereof.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 19th day of June, 1947.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.