Hong Kong Ordinances

SHENZHEN BAY PORT HONG KONG PORT AREA ORDINANCE - SECT 10

Territorial limit of certain rights and obligations conferred or imposed by pre-existing court orders be extended

(1) If a right or obligation conferred or imposed by a pre-existing court
order has a territorial limit (whether express or not) confined to, or
including, Hong Kong, and the court order—

   (a)  is of a description included in Part 2 of Schedule 4; and

   (b)  subsists, or has its legal effect suspended, as at the Relevant Date,
        then, the territorial limit of the right or obligation is extended to
        include the Hong Kong Port Area in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) An extension of the territorial limit to include the Hong Kong Port Area
under subsection (1) takes effect—

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), from the Relevant Date; or

   (b)  (if the description is included in Part 2 of Schedule 4 by an
        amendment that takes effect after the Relevant Date) from the date
        when the amendment takes effect.

(3) If—

   (a)  the territorial limit of a right or obligation conferred or imposed by
        a pre-existing court order is extended under this section; and

   (b)  as at the date when the extension takes effect—

        (i)    the legal effect of the right or obligation is suspended;

        (ii)   the right or obligation is subject to any condition, then, on
               and from that date, the suspension or condition (as may be
               applicable) has effect in relation to the right or obligation
               with its territorial limit so extended.