Hong Kong Ordinances

PARENT AND CHILD ORDINANCE - SECT 13

Court may give direction for use of scientific tests

PART VI

USE OF SCIENTIFIC TESTS IN DETERMINING PARENTAGE

(1) In any civil proceedings in which the parentage of any person falls to be
determined, the court may, either of its own motion or on an application by
any party to the proceedings, give a direction-

   (a)  for the use of scientific tests showing whether a party to the
        proceedings is or is not the father or mother of that person; and

   (b)  for the taking of bodily samples from that person or any party to the
        proceedings, and the court may at any time revoke or vary a direction
        previously given under this subsection.

(2) The person responsible for carrying out scientific tests in pursuance of a
direction under subsection (1) shall make to the court a report in which he
shall state-

   (a)  the results of the tests; and

   (b)  the value of the results in determining whether any party to whom the
        report relates is or is not the father or mother of the person whose
        parentage is to be determined, and the report shall be received by the
        court as evidence in the proceedings of the matters stated in it.

(3) Where the proceedings in which the parentage of any person falls to be
determined are proceedings on an application under Part IV, any reference in
this section to any party to the proceedings shall include a reference to any
person named in the application.

(4) Where a report has been made to a court under subsection (2), any party to
the proceedings may, with the leave of the court, or shall, if the court so
directs, obtain from the person who made the report a written statement
explaining or amplifying any statement made in the report, and that statement
shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to form part of the report
made to the court. (Enacted 1993) [cf. 1969 c. 46 s. 20 U.K.; 1987 c. 42 s. 23
U.K.]