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principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced

customary marriage or a validated marriage the appointed day and registered in accordance may where at least one party to the marriage otial connexion with Hong Kong be dissolved the day upon which such marriage has been so

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ccordance with the Matrimonial Causes. Ordin-

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Kong Legislative Council (bis 1st day of

the Legislative Council.

ession has been carefully compďréd by me found by me to be a try and correctly and but.

HONG KON

No. 63 of 1979

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Governor.

2nd August, 1979.

An Ordinance to amend the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance.

(3rd August, 1979)

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Commeil thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes (Amend- Short tide. ment) Ordinance 1979.

2. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting Amcadagen of before the definition of "court" the following definition-

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NED.

"“adultery" does not include sexual intercourse of a man who

a party to a customary marriage celebrated in accordance with section 7 of the Marriage Reform Ordinance with a concubine (reip) lawfully taken by him;”,

3. Section 7A of the principal Ordinance iş ameaded-

(a) in subsection (1) by deleting ", and in the case of section 36 a

magistrate's court,"

and

(b) by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following-

"(2) Where the parties to a marriage which is dissolved in accordance with Part V of the Marriage Reform Ordinance have agreed as to the amount of maintenance to be payable by one of

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