Hong Kong Ordinances

GUARDIANSHIP OF MINORS ORDINANCE - SECT 21

Application to illegitimate children

PART V

ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN

For the purposes of sections 5, 6, 7 and 11, a person who is the natural
father of a child who is illegitimate shall not be treated as the father of
the minor unless-

   (a)  he is entitled to the custody of the minor by virtue of an order in
        force under section 10(1); or

   (b)  he enjoys any rights or authority with respect to the minor by virtue
        of an order in force under section 3(1)(d), but any appointment of a
        guardian made by the natural father of an illegitimate child under
        section 6(1) shall be of no effect unless the appointor is entitled to
        the custody of the minor as under paragraph (a), or to enjoy any
        rights or authority with respect to the minor as under paragraph (b),
        immediately before his death. (Replaced 17 of 1993 s. 19)