TNAG-0200-FCO40-236-Divorce-rules-1970 — Page 83

Hearing of petitions

4. Every petition under the Acts shall be heard and

determined by one judge nominated and approved under Rule 3,

sitting without a jury.

Appeals to two judges

5. An appeal shall lie to a bench of two other judges who

have been nominated and approved under Rule 3 against any

decree or order made by a judge under Rule 4 which could have

been appealed against if it had been made in proceedings under

the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance.

Appeals to Privy Council

6. An appeal shall lie from the determination of a bench of

two such judges to Her Majesty in Council in any case where

an appeal would lie in England from a similar decision of the

Court of Appeal to the House of Lords.

Form of petition

7. In addition to any provisions as to the form of

petitions in matrimonial causes specified in the rules for the

time being in force in Hong Kong relating to matrimonial

causes, every petition under the Acts shall state

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(a) the nationality of the parties to the marriage;

(b) the address at which the parties to the marriage

last cohabited;

(c) whether there have been in any court of competent

jurisdiction in any part of the United Kingdom any,

and if so what, previous proceedings (including any

application under Rule 5 or 6 of the Matrimonial

Causes Rules 1968 ( )) with reference to the

( ) S.I. 1968/219 (1968 I, p. 665).

marriage, or with reference to any children of the family, the date and effect of any decree of order made in such proceedings, and, in the case of proceedings with reference to the marriage, whether there has been any resumption of cohabitation since the making of such decree or order;

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