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1969 No. 1837.
MARRIAGE.
HỒNG KONG (ON DOMICILED PARTIES) DIVORCE RULES 1969.
Made
Coming into Operation
17th December 1969
1st Janitary 1970
In exercise of his powers under subsection (4) of section | of the Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act 1926(ə), as amended by article 2 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the Government of India (Adaplation of Acts of Parliament) Order 1937(b) and paragraph (c) of section 1 of the Colonial and Other Territories (Divorce Jurisdiction) Act 1950(e), and subsection (1) of section 2 of the said Act of 1926 as amended by the said article 2 and Part II of the Schedule to the said Order of 1937, and as applied by articles 2 and 3 of the Hong Kong Divorce Jurisdiction Order in Council 1935(d) as amended by article 2 of the Hong Kong Divorce Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1969(e). the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor, hereby makes the follow- ing Rules:-
1. These Rules may be cited as the Hong Kong (Non- Domiciled Parties) Divorce Rules 1969, and shall come into opera- tion on 1st January 1970.
2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
"court" means the Supreme Court of Hong Kong:
"Matrimonial Causes Ordinance" means the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance of Hong Kong (f) and any rules made thereunder and also means any Ordinance or rules for the time being amending or replacing such Ordinance or rules;
"the Act of 1926" means the Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdic-
tion Act 1926;
"the Act of 1940" means the Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdic-
tion Act 19400);
(a) 1926 c. 40.
(0) SR. & 0. 1937/230 (Rev.
Vol. X. p. 545).
(c) 1950 c. 20.
(0)
SR. & 0. 1935/836 (Rev.
Vol. VI, p. 18; 1931 p. 585).
(e) 5.1. 1969/1060 (1969 11,
p. 3106).
(f) Laws of Hong Kong,
Chapter 179.
1940 35.
Citation and Commencement.
Interpretation.