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(2) The Legislative Counca may, by TGSUBỰNG, KOKAINA weekly sum which may be ordered under subsection (1)(b).
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23. Part IV of the District Court Ordinance shall apply to every proceeding before, and every order by, the District Court under this Ordinance, and-
(a) the application may be heard and determined otherwise than
in open court;
(6) where the District Court considers that the matter is one which could more conveniently be dealt with by the High Court, the District Court may refuse to make an order and in that case, without prejudice to the general right of appeal conferred by Part IV of the District Court Ordinance, no appeal shall lie from The decision of the District Court;
(c) an order for the payment of money shall be enforceable in like
manner as an order for the payment of a civil debt.
14. Where any application has been made under this Ordinance to the District Com, the High Court shall, at the instance of any party to the application, order the application to be removed to the High Court and there proceeded with on such terms as to coats as it thinks proper.
25. Nothing in this Ordinance shall restrict or affect the jurisdiction of the High Court to appoint or remove guardians or olberwise in respect of minora.
26. The jurisdiction conferred on any court by this Ordinance sball be exercisable notwithstanding bat any party to the proceedings is not domiciled in Hong Kong.
HING LENG
No. 13 of 1977
i assent.
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Governor,
16th February, 1977.
An Ordinance to make new provision, in place of the Maintenance Orders (Pacilities for Enforcement) Ordinance, for facilitating the recovery of maintenance by or from persons in Hong Kong from or by other persons in recíprocating countries.
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Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
I. This Ordinance may be cited as the Maintenance Orders (Re- Som tile and ciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 1977 and shall come into operation commacacement. où a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.
2. XI) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires "affiliation order" means an order (however described) adjudging, finding
or declaring a person to be the father of a child, whether or not also provides for the maintenance of the child; "certificate of arrears", in relation to a maintenance order, means a certi- ficate certifying that the sum specified in the certificate is, to the best of the information or belief of the officer giving the certificate, the amount of the arrears due under the order at the date of certi ficate or, as the case may be, that, to the best of his information or belief, there are no arrears due thereunder al that date;
"certified copy", in relation to an order of a court, means a copy of the order certified to be a true copy by the Registrar, in the case of an order made by the District Court and in the case of an order made by a court in a reciprocating country, by the proper officer of the court which made the order;
Interpretation.
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