Hong Kong Ordinances

SEPARATION AND MAINTENANCE ORDERS ORDINANCE - SECT 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 04/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

"education" (教育) includes training; (Added 69 of 1997 s. 9)

"habitual drunkard" (慣性酗酒者) and "drug addict" (吸毒者) mean a
person who is, by reason of habitual intemperate drinking of intoxicating
liquor, or habitual taking or using, except upon and in accordance with
medical advice, of opium, or any dangerous drug within the meaning of the
Dangerous Drugs Ordinance ( Cap 134), at times dangerous to himself or herself
or to others, or incapable of managing himself or herself, and his or her
affairs; [cf. 1879 c. 19 s. 3 U.K.; 1925 c. 51 s. 3 U.K.]

"husband" (丈夫) means the husband or partner of a wife or married woman;
(Added 28 of 1971 s. 19)

"maintenance order" (贍養令) means an order made-

   (a)  under section 5(1)(c) or (d) or 9(1) for periodical payments; or

   (b)  under section 5(1)(c) or (d) for payment of a lump sum; (Added 18 of
        2003 s. 5)

"married person" (已婚人士) means a husband or a wife; (Added 69 of 1997
s. 9)

"other party to the marriage" (婚姻的另一方) means, in relation to a
husband or a wife, the wife or husband of that person; (Added 69 of 1997 s. 9)

"wife" (妻子) and "married woman" (已婚女子) mean the wife or partner of
a man by-

   (a)  a marriage celebrated or contracted in accordance with the provisions
        of the Marriage Ordinance ( Cap 181);

   (b)  a modern marriage validated by the Marriage Reform Ordinance (
        Cap 178);

   (c)  a customary marriage declared to be valid by the Marriage 
        Reform Ordinance ( Cap 178);

   (d)  a union of concubinage as defined by section 14 of the
        Legitimacy Ordinance ( Cap 184);

   (e)  a kim tiu marriage entered in accordance with Chinese law and custom
        applicable thereto in Hong Kong before the appointed day under the
        Marriage Reform Ordinance ( Cap 178); or

   (f)  a marriage celebrated or contracted outside Hong Kong in accordance
        with the law in force at the time and in the place where the marriage
        was performed. (Replaced 28 of 1971 s. 19)

"education" (教育)

"habitual drunkard" (慣性酗酒者) and "drug addict" (吸毒者)

"husband" (丈夫)

"maintenance order" (贍養令)

"married person" (已婚人士)

"other party to the marriage" (婚姻的另一方)

"wife" (妻子) and "married woman" (已婚女子)