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A BILL

To

Enclosure No. 4

Amend the Partition Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Partition (Amendment) Short title. Ordinance 1987.

2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 1 the Addition of following

"Interpretation.

3.

1A. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"Court" means the High Court or the District Court;

"Director" means the Director of Buildings and Lands;

"Partition Rules" means rules made under section 10.".

Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by inserting after subsection (1) the following—

"(2) In any proceedings under this Ordinance the Direc- tor shall be served with such documents relating to the proceedings as may be prescribed by the Partition Rules.";

(b) in subsection (3)—-

(i) by deleting "Proceedings under subsection (1)" and sub- stituting the following-

"Subject to subsection (2), proceedings under this Ordin- ance": and

new section 1A. (Cap. 352.)

Amendment of

section 3.