WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1986
AS TO THE GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS (AMENDMENT) BILL, MISS TAM SAID THE GROUP, APART FROM SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL ON THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE, ALSO AGREED THAT THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE BE ALLOWED TO INITIATE PROCEEDINGS TO APPLY FOR AN ORDER REGARDING THE CUSTODY OF THE MINOR AND FOR HIS MAINTENANCE AND WELFARE.
+THIS AMENDMENT WILL ENABLE THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO COME TO THE RESCUE OF THE CHILD IF BOTH HIS PARENTS SHOULD NEGLECT THEIR PARENTAL DUTIES,+ SHE EXPLAINED.
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IN SHORT, MISS TAM SAID, THE GROUP BELIEVED THE BILLS WOULD BRING CONSISTENCY TO THE PRACTICE OF THE COURTS IN DEALING WITH MATRIMONIAL DISPUTES AND THE WELFARE OF MINORS.
THEY WOULD GIVE FLEXIBILITY REQUIRED TO ALLEVIATE THE HARDSHIP EXPERIENCED BY MEMBERS OF A BROKEN FAMILY AND DO JUSTICE TO THE PROTECTION OF THE CHILD'S INTEREST WHETHER HE WAS LEGITIMATE OR NOT.
WINDING UP THE DEBATE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, THANKED MISS TAM AND MEMBERS OF HER AD HOC GROUP FOR THEIR SYMPATHY WITH THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BILLS AND FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE DETAILED PROVISIONS.
BILL REMOVES DIFFICULTIES IN PRESENTING EVIDENCE
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IT IS LOGICAL AND SENSIBLE THAT ALL RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE BE LOST OR UNAVAILABLE BECAUSE OF LEGAL TECHNICALITIES SHOULD BE BEFORE A COURT, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE WAS MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, WHICH HE CALLED AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COMMERCIAL CRIME+.
+DIFFICULTIES ARE PRESENTLY BEING ENCOUNTERED IN GATHERING EVIDENCE FROM OVERSEAS JURISDICTIONS, PARTICULARLY IN RESPECT OF FRAUDS PERPETRATED IN HONG KONG,+ MR THOMAS SAID IN EXPLAINING THAT TWO AREAS GOVERNED BY THE EVIDENCE ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 8) WERE CAUSING CONCERN.
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