Hong Kong Ordinances

LEGAL OFFICERS ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Rights and duties of Secretary for Justice in proceedings under Matrimonial Causes Ordinance

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 11 of 1999 s. 3 All rights and duties
which were exercisable or dischargeable by the then Attorney General
immediately before 1 July 1997 so far as regards any proceedings over which
the courts of Hong Kong had jurisdiction by or by virtue of the
Matrimonial Causes Ordinance ( Cap 179), except for those that are
inconsistent with the Basic Law, shall on and after that date be exercisable
or dischargeable by the Secretary for Justice. (Replaced 11 of 1999 s. 3)
___________________________________________________________________ Note: This
section has been repealed and replaced since 1 July 1997. The section as it
read immediately before 1 July 1997 is reproduced as follows:

"6. Attorney General to act as Queen's Proctor

The Attorney General shall exercise and discharge so far as regards any
proceedings over which the courts of the Colony have jurisdiction by or by
virtue of the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance ( Cap 179), the rights and duties
which in England are customarily exercised and discharged by the Queen's
Proctor.".