Hong Kong Ordinances

MAINTENANCE ORDERS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) ORDINANCE - SECT 16

Order etc. made abroad need not be proved

For the purposes of this Ordinance, unless the contrary is shown-

   (a)  any order made by a court in a reciprocating country purporting to
        bear the seal of that court or to be signed by any person in his
        capacity as a judge, magistrate or officer of the court shall be
        deemed without further proof to have been duly sealed or, as the case
        may be, to have been signed by that person;

   (b)  the person by whom the order was signed shall be deemed without
        further proof to have been a judge, magistrate or officer, as the case
        may be, of that court when he signed it and, in the case of an
        officer, to have been authorized to sign it; and

   (c)  a document purporting to be a certified copy of an order made by a
        court in a reciprocating country shall be deemed without further proof
        to be such a copy. [cf. 1972 c.18 s. 15 U.K.]