Sub-section (2) em owers the Magistrater to award damages n exceeding $200 to the aggrieved husband in addition to the penal
- ty prescribed by sub-section (1).
The amount of damages appears to be small but the jurisdicti of a Magistrate in the New Territories, which the measure chiefly concerns, is limited to $200 under the New Territorie Small Debts Court Orinance, 1908, (Ordinance 22 of 1908).
Sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) relating to execution, sale and claims in respect of property seized follow sections 6, 7 and 8 of the last named Ordinance. The Ordinance has no applic -tion in the Island of Hongkong and the Police Magistrates here desired that the Ordinance should expressly provide the method
for recovery of damages.
The Bill as originally drafted provided in brief for a warrant of distress which "should have the same force and ' effect as a warrant of distress issued under the provistons of the Principal Ordinance", ie., the Magistrates Ordina ce, 1890 but it was desirable to demur to the wish of the Magistrates a to ensure that there shall be no difficulty on their part in carrying out the Ordinance.
The second Proviso makes the receipt of damages under the section a bar to an action for criminal conversation.
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