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GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the Second Reading of: 'A Bill to amend the Guardianship of Minors Ordinance'.

He said:

sic,

I move that the Guardianship of Minors (Amendment) Bill

that

1988 be read a second time.

Section

22 of

excludes the

the Guardianship of Minors

jurisdiction of the District Court in relation

Ordinance

to

of

self-support.

This restriction

minors over 16 years, unless the minor is physically or mentally

incapable

on the District

Court's powers has been in the Ordinance from the outset and has its origins in the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 of. the United

there Kingdom. This restriction was, however, abolished in the United

Л Kingdom in 1978.

with

The restriction is anomalous as the District Court is

both all minors under

the Matrimonial

to deal empowered

Causes Ordinance and the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property

The Bill before the Council today seeks to remove

this anomaly by repealing section 22 of the Ordinance.

Ordinance.

Sir, I

move

that the

debate on

this motion

be

how adjourned.

Question on adjournment proposed, put and agreed to.