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CAP. 188]
Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement)
[1981 Ed.
Registration in Hong Kong of maintenance order made in reciprocating country. 1972 c. 18. s. 6.
Confirmation by District Court of provisional order made in reciprocating country. 1972 c. 18, s. 7.
made the order shall consider that evidence and if, having done so, it appears to it that the order ought not to have been made-
(a) it shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, give to the person on whose application the maintenance order was made an opportunity to consider that evidence, to make representations with respect to it and to adduce further evidence: and
(b) after considering all the evidence and any representations made by that person, it may revoke the maintenance order. (Amended, 61 of 1981, s. 6)
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(1) This section applies to a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, by a court in a reciprocating country, including such an order made by such a court which has been confirmed by a court in another reciprocating country, but excluding a provisional order which has not been confirmed.
(2) Where a certified copy of an order to which this section applies is received by the Governor from the responsible authority in a reciprocating country, and it appears to the Governor that the payer under the order is residing in Hong Kong, he shall send the copy of the order to the Registrar of the District Court. (Amended, 61 of 1981, s. 6)
(3) Where the Registrar receives from the Governor a certified copy of an order to which this section applies, he shall, subject to subsection (4), register the order in the court in the prescribed manner.
(4) Before registering an order under this section the Registrar shall take such steps as he thinks fit for the purpose of ascertaining whether the payer under the order is residing in Hong Kong, and if after taking those steps he is satisfied that the payer is not so residing he shall return the certified copy of the order to the Governor with a statement giving such information as he possesses as to the whereabouts of the payer. (Amended, 61 of 1981, s. 4)
8. (1) This section applies to a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, by a court in a reciprocating country, being a provisional order.
(2) Where a certified copy of an order to which this section applies together with--
(a) a document, duly authenticated, setting out or summarizing the evidence given in the proceedings in which the order was made: and
(b) a statement of the grounds on which the making of the order might have been opposed by the payer under the order,
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8
CAP. 188]
Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement)
[1981 Ed.
Registration in Hong Kong of maintenance order made in reciprocating country. 1972 c. 18. s. 6.
Confirmation by District Court of provisional order made in reciprocating
country. 1972 c. 18, s. 7.
made the order shall consider that evidence and if, having done so, it appears to it that the order ought not to have been made-
(a) it shall, in such manner as may be prescribed, give to the person on whose application the maintenance order was made an opportunity to consider that evidence, to make representations with respect to it and to adduce further evidence: and
(b) after considering all the evidence and any representations made by that person, it may revoke the maintenance order. (Amended, 61 of 1981, s. 6)
7.
(1) This section applies to a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, by a court in a reciprocating country, including such an order made by such a court which has been confirmed by a court in another reciprocating country, but excluding a provisional order which has not been confirmed.
(2) Where a certified copy of an order to which this section applies is received by the Governor from the responsible authority in a reciprocating country, and it appears to the Governor that the payer under the order is residing in Hong Kong, he shall send the copy of the order to the Registrar of the District Court. (Amend- ed, 61 of 1981, s. 6)
(3) Where the Registrar receives from the Governor a certified copy of an order to which this section applies, he shall, subject to subsection (4), register the order in the court in the prescribed
manner.
(4) Before registering an order under this section the Registrar shall take such steps as he thinks fit for the purpose of ascertaining whether the payer under the order is residing in Hong Kong, and if after taking those steps he is satisfied that the payer is not so residing he shall return the certified copy of the order to the Governor with a statement giving such information as he possesses as to the where- abouts of the payer. (Amended, 61 of 1981, s. 4)
8. (1) This section applies to a maintenance order made, whether before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, by a court in a reciprocating country, being a provisional order.
(2) Where a certified copy of an order to which this section applies together with--
(a) a document, duly authenticated, setting out or summa- rizing the evidence given in the proceedings in which the order was made: and
(b) a statement of the grounds on which the making of the order might have been opposed by the payer under the order,
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