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Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of 1921, ss. 3, 4, 5(3) and 5(5):
as the case may be" immediately after the words "England and Ireland" in the tenth
and eleventh lines thereof.
4. Sections 3 and 4, and sub-sections (3) and (5) of
section 5, of the Maintenance (Facilities for Enforcement)
Ordinance, 1921, are amended by the insertion of the
following words immediately after the words "Secretary of
State for the Colonies" wherever those words occur in
the said sections or sub-sections:-
"or the Governor of the British possession or
"territory in question, respectively, ".
Objects and Reasons.
The original Ordinance, No.9 of 1921, was enacted
to make the necessary provision for the enforcement in
this Colony of maintenance orders made in England and
Ireland, and to obtain reciprocal treatment in England
and Ireland for maintenance orders made in this Colony.
The Maintenance Orders (Facilities for Enforcement) Act,
1920, was thereupon extended to the Colony of Hong Kong
by the Crder of His Majesty in Council dated the 11th day
of October, 1921. The original Ordinance was amended in
1923 under instructions from the Secretary of State, a
new section 12' being added to the original Ordinance by
Ordinance No.3 of 1923. That section empowers the
Governor to extend the original Ordinance to maintenance
orders made by courts in any British possession or protectorate if he is satisfied on the point of
reciprocity. The amending Ordinance, however, failed to
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