Hong Kong Ordinances

GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS ORDINANCE - SECT 18

Powers of guardians

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 25 of 1998 s. 2

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a guardian under this Ordinance besides being
guardian of the person of the minor, shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of a guardian of the minor's estate, including in particular the right
to receive and recover in his own name for the benefit of the minor property
of whatever description and wherever situated which the minor is entitled to
receive or recover. [cf. 1973 c. 29 s. 7(1) U.K.]

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall restrict or affect the power of the Court
of First Instance to appoint a person to be, or to act as, the guardian of a
minor's estate either generally or for a particular purpose; and subsection
(1) shall not apply to a guardian under this Ordinance so long as there is a
guardian of the minor's estate alone. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2) [cf. 1973 c.
29 s. 7(2) U.K.]