Hong Kong Ordinances

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ORDINANCE - SECT 57

Cross-proceedings and divorces following legal separations

(1) Where there have been cross-proceedings, the validity of an overseas
divorce or legal separation obtained either in the original proceedings or in
the cross-proceedings shall be recognized if the requirements of paragraph (a)
or (b) of section 56(1) are satisfied in relation to the date of the
institution either of the original proceedings or of the cross-proceedings.

(2) Where a legal separation the validity of which is entitled to recognition
by virtue of the provisions of section 56 or of subsection (1) of this section
is converted, in the country in which it was obtained, into a divorce, the
validity of the divorce shall be recognized whether or not it would itself be
entitled to recognition by virtue of those provisions. [cf. 1971 c. 53 s. 4
U.K.]