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A BILL

To

ANNEX B TO XCR (79)141

Amend the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice

and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Ordinance 1979.

Amendment of section 2. (Cap. 179.)

Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended by inserting before the definition "court" the following

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definition

(Cap. 178.)

Amendment of section 7A.

3.

(a)

""adultery" does not include sexual intercourse of

a man who is a party to a customary marriage

celebrated in accordance with section 7 of

the Marriage Reform Ordinance with a concubine (tsip) lawfully taken by him;",

Section 7A of the principal Ordinance is amended

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in subsection (1) by deleting ", and in the

case of section 36 a magistrate's court, "; and

(b) by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the

following