Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance
(2) This Ordinance comes into operation on a day to be appointed by the Secretary for Justice by notice published in the Gazette.
2. Interpretation
In this Ordinance—
Arrangement (《安排》) means the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (a translation of “《關於內地與香港特別行政區法院相互認可和執行婚姻家庭民事案件判決的安排》”) made between the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed on 20 June 2017;
care-related order (看顧相關命令) means an order set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2;
effective (生效)—
- (a) in relation to a Mainland Judgment—see section 5; and
- (b) in relation to a Hong Kong Judgment—see section 6;
Hong Kong Judgment (香港判決) means a judgment, order, decree, allocatur, or certificate of fixed costs, however described, given or made by a court in Hong Kong;
Hong Kong Judgment given in a matrimonial or family case (香港婚姻或家庭案件判決)—see section 4(1);
Mainland (內地) means the part of China other than Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan;
