Hong Kong Ordinances

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES ORDINANCE - SECT 7A

Effect of dissolution under Marriage Reform Ordinance

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the dissolution in accordance with Part V of
the Marriage Reform Ordinance ( Cap 178) of a modern marriage validated by
section 8 of the Marriage Reform Ordinance ( Cap 178) and subsisting on the
day appointed under section 3 of that Ordinance or a customary marriage
subsisting on the day appointed under section 3 of that Ordinance shall, for
the purposes of Part VI and Part VII, be deemed to be a final decree of
divorce granted by the court, and accordingly, the court shall have the same
jurisdiction and powers in respect of ancillary relief and the protection of
children as it would have had under Parts VI and VII if the court had
pronounced a final decree of divorce. (Amended 63 of 1979 s. 3)

(2) Where the parties to a marriage which is dissolved in accordance with Part
V of the Marriage Reform Ordinance ( Cap 178) have agreed as to the amount of
maintenance to be payable by one of the parties to the other after the
dissolution of the marriage and have recorded the terms of that agreement as
part of the agreement or memorandum dissolving the marriage, subsection (1)
shall not have effect to confer jurisdiction at any time on any court in
respect of maintenance for either of the parties to the former marriage.
(Replaced 63 of 1979 s. 3) (Added 68 of 1970 s. 26)