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spect of maintenance for either of the parties to the rage."

f the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by

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Nothing in this Ordinance shall authorize the court nounce a decree of divorce, nullity, judicial separation sumption of death and dissolution of marriage or to any other order unless the marriage to or in respect dch the decree or order relates was a customary), ge celebrated in accordance with section 7 of the ige Reform, Ordinance and registered in accordance Part IV of that Ordinand

dinance or was a monogamous

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Hong Kong Legislative Council this lat day

FOLT LONG

No. 64 OF 1979

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the Legislative Gé

Į Impression has been carefully compargi by me hd is found by me to be a true and correctly

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M, Md.

Governor.

2nd August, 1979.

An Ordinance to amend the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property

Ordinance.

[3rd August, 1979]

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

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Matrimonial Proceedings Stor Uke. and Property (Amendment) Ordinance 1979.

2. The principal Ordinance is amended in Part II by adding before Addition of new section 30 the following section-

"Power of PORT BESTine

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corder made by other #OGEL

1960 c. 40, 1.700.

29A. (1) If, at the time of the presentation of a peti- tion for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation, there is subsisting au order, made by a court in previous proceedings between the same persons as are parties to the petition, requiring financial provision to be made for the maintenance by one of the parties of the other, or for the maintenance by either or both of the parties of a child of the family, the court hearing the petition may, if it thicks fit, direct that the said order shall cease to have effect on such date as may be specified in the direction,

(2)_For the purpose of this section "parties to the petition" means the petitioner and the respondent.".

vestido 25A.. (Cap. 192.)