Hong Kong Regulations Hong Kong Regulations
- CHAPTER 179A
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Application of the Rules of the High Court
4. Use of language in proceedings
5. Application under section 12 of the Ordinance
6. Application to court to consider agreement made in contemplation etc.
of divorce or judicial separation
7. Discontinuance of cause before service of petition
8. (Repealed)
9. Cause to be begun by petition or originating application
10. (Repealed)
11. Signing of petition and joint application
12. Presentation of petition and making of joint application
13. Parties
14. Service of petition
15. Notice of intention to defend
15A. Notice of absence or withdrawal of consent
15B. Respondent's statement as to arrangements for children
15C. Notice of withdrawal from joint application
16. Supplemental petition and amendment of petition
16A. Supplemental joint application and amendment of joint application
17. Filing and service of a supplemental or amended petition
18. Filing of answer to petition
19. Filing of reply and subsequent pleadings
20. Filing of pleading after directions for trial
21. Contents of answer and subsequent pleadings
22. Allegation against third person in pleading
23. Service of pleadings
24. Supplemental answer and amendment of pleadings
25. Service and amendment of pleadings in Summer Vacation
26. Particulars
27. (Repealed)
28. Discovery of documents in defended cause
29. Discovery by interrogatories in defended cause
30. Medical examination in proceedings for nullity
31. Conduct of medical examination
32. Order for transfer of cause
33. Directions for trial; the entry of joint application
34. Determination of place of trial
35. Directions as to allegations under section 11A(1)(b) of the Ordinance
36. (Repealed)
37. Security for costs
38. Evidence generally to be taken orally
39. Evidence by affidavit, etc
40. Evidence of marriage outside Hong Kong
41. Saving for judge's powers
42. Issue of witness summons or subpoena
42A. (Repealed 2 of 1999 s. 6)
44. Fixing of trial
45. Trial of issue
47. Further provisions as to date of trial
47A. Disposal of causes in special procedure list
48. Mode of trial
49. Answer to be filed if ancillary relief contested
50. (Repealed)
51. Order as to arrangements for children to be drawn up
52. Restoration of matters adjourned etc. at the hearing
53. (Repealed)
54. Shorthand note etc. of proceedings at trial in the Court of First
Instance
55. Application for re-hearing
56. Decrees and orders
56A. Application for rescission of decree
56B. Application under section 17A of the Ordinance
58. Copies of decrees and orders
59. (Repealed)
60. (Repealed)
61. Intervention to show cause by Secretary for Justice
62. Intervention to show cause by person other than Secretary for
Justice
64. Rescission of decree nisi by consent
65. Decree absolute
65A. Decree absolute on joint application
66. Certificate of decree absolute
67. Rescission of decree of judicial separation
68. Application by petitioner or respondent for ancillary relief
68A. Application by an applicant in a joint application for ancillary
relief
69. Application by guardian etc. for maintenance of children
70. Application in Form 8, 8A or 8B
71. Application for ancillary relief after maintenance order
72. Children to be separately represented on certain applications
73. General provisions as to evidence etc. on application for ancillary
relief
74. Evidence on application for settlement of property, etc.
75. Evidence on application for variation order
76. Service of affidavit in answer or reply
77. Investigation by court of application for ancillary relief
78. Interim orders
79. (Repealed)
80. Transfer of application for ancillary relief: general provisions
80A. (Repealed)
81. Arrangements for hearing of application etc. by judge
82. Request for periodical payments order at same rate as order for
maintenance pending suit
84. Application for order under section 17(1)(a) of the Matrimonial
Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap. 192)
84A. Applications under rule 56B and applications for ancillary relief
where petitions for divorce or joint applications are presented on
or after commencement of Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Rules 2003
86. Enforcement of order for payment or money, etc
87. Judgment summons: general provisions
88. Special provisions as to judgment summons
90. Committal and injunction
91. Removal of District Court order into Court of First Instance
91A. Taxation of costs
92. Custody, care and supervision of children
93. Further provisions as to orders under section 48 of the Ordinance
94. Removal of child out of Hong Kong, etc.
95. Reference to the Director of Social Welfare
96. Statement of other proceedings on application relating to child
97. (Repealed)
98. Application in case of wilful neglect to maintain
99. Hearing of application under rule 98
100. Application for alteration of maintenance agreement during lifetime of
parties
101. Application for alteration of maintenance agreement after death of
one party
102. Further proceedings on application under rule 101
103. Application for maintenance from deceased's estate
105. Person under disability must sue by next friend, etc.
106. Service on person under disability
107. Petition for nullity on ground of insanity, etc.
108. Separate representation of children
109. Service out of Hong Kong
110. Service by post
111. Service of documents
112. Proof of service
113. Abridgement etc. of time
114. Mode of making applications
116. Appeal from registrar in District Court proceedings
117. No notice of intention to proceed after year's delay
118. (Repealed L.N. 26 of 2002)
119. Mode of giving notice
120. Procedure on transfer of cause or application
121. Inspection etc. of documents retained in court
122. Practice to be observed in District Court
123. (Had its effect)
124. Legitimacy Proceedings
125. (Repealed)
126. Transitional provisions
126A. Further transitional provisions
126B. Additional transitional provisions
126C. Further additional transitional provisions
127. Saving
APPENDIX
[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]