Hong Kong Ordinances

CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ORDINANCE - SECT 12

Rules of court

Amendments retroactively made-see 25 of 1998 s. 2

(1) The Rules Committee may make rules of court for giving effect to this
Ordinance as appears to the Committee to be necessary or expedient. [cf. 1985
c. 60 s. 10(1) U.K.]

(2) Without affecting the generality of subsection (1), the rules of court
made by the Rules Committee may provide-

   (a)  for the procedure on an application for the return of a child, the
        documents and information to be furnished and the notices to be given
        in connection with the application;

   (b)  for the giving of notices by or to a court for the purposes of Article
        16 of the Convention and section 11 and the proceedings to which those
        provisions apply;

   (c)  for enabling a person who wishes to make an application under
        the Convention in a Contracting State to obtain from any court in Hong
        Kong an authenticated copy of any decision of that court relating to
        the child to whom the application relates. [cf. 1985 c. 60 s. 10(2)
        U.K.]

(3) The power to make rules of court under section 54 of the High 
Court Ordinance ( Cap 4) shall include power to make rules of court for the
purposes of this section. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)