MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (DECREE ABSOLUTE) GENERAL ORDER
- CHAPTER 179C

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (DECREE ABSOLUTE) GENERAL ORDER - LONG TITLE  
Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997



(Cap 179 section 15(5))

[3rd July 1973]

(L.N. 122 of 1973)



MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (DECREE ABSOLUTE) GENERAL ORDER - PARAGRAPH 1
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WHEREAS it is provided by section 15(5) of the Matrimonial Causes 
Ordinance Cap. 179, that every decree for divorce shall in the first 
instance be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the 
expiration of three months from the pronouncing thereof, unless the Chief 
Justice by general order, or the Court in any particular case, fixes a 
shorter period: 

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that for the said period of three months there 
should now be substituted a period of six weeks: 

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 15(5) of 
the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance Cap 179, it is hereby ordered as follows- 

1.	(1)	This Order may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes 
(Decree Absolute) General Order, and shall come into operation on 3rd day 
of July 1973, but shall not apply to proceedings commenced before that 
date. 


(2)	In this Order a decree means a decree of divorce or nullity of 
marriage. 

2.	In relation to any decree nisi granted after the coming into 
operation of this Order the period of three months specified in section 
15(5) of the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (Cap 179) shall be reduced to 
six weeks and accordingly the decree shall not be made absolute until the 
expiration of six weeks from its grant unless the Court in any particular 
case fixes a shorter period.