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Tortfeasors.

[CAP. 28]

any person shall be such as may be found by the court to be just and equitable having regard to the extent of that person's responsibility for the damage; and the court shall have power to exempt any person from liability to make contribution, or to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity.

(3) For the purposes of this section-

(a) the expressions "parent" and "child" have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Ordinance; and (b) the reference in this section to "the judgment first given" shall, in a case where that judgment is reversed on appeal, be construed as a reference to the judgment first given which is not so reversed and, in a case where a judgment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied.

(4) Nothing in this section shall-

(a) affect any criminal proceedings against any person.

in respect of any wrongful act; or

(b) render enforceable any agreement for indemnity which would not have been enforceable if this section had not been passed.

(Cap. 22).

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Tortfeasors. [CAP. 28] any person shall be such as may be found by the court to be just and equitable having regard to the extent of that person's responsibility for the damage; and the court shall have power to exempt any person from liability to make contribution, or to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity. (3) For the purposes of this section- (a) the expressions "parent" and "child" have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Ordinance; and (b) the reference in this section to "the judgment first given" shall, in a case where that judgment is reversed on appeal, be construed as a reference to the judgment first given which is not so reversed and, in a case where a judgment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied. (4) Nothing in this section shall- (a) affect any criminal proceedings against any person. in respect of any wrongful act; or (b) render enforceable any agreement for indemnity which would not have been enforceable if this section had not been passed. (Cap. 22). 459

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• Tortfeasors. [CAP. 28 any person shall be such as may be found by the court to be just and equitable having regard to the extent of that person's responsibility for the damage; and the court shall have power to exempt any person from liability to make contribution, or to direct that the contribution to be recovered from any person shall amount to a complete indemnity. (3) For the purposes of this section- (a) the expressions "parent" and "child" have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Ordinance; and (b) the reference in this section to "the judgment first given" shall, in a case where that judgment is reversed on appeal, be construed as a reference to the judgment first given which is not so reversed and, in a case where a judgment is varied on appeal, be construed as a reference to that judgment as so varied. (4) Nothing in this section shall- (a) affect any criminal proceedings against any person. in respect of any wrongful act; or (b) render enforceable any agreement for indemnity which would not have been enforceable if this section had not been passed. (Cap. 22). 459

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