### Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance 《婚姻法律程序與財產條例》

5. Financial provision for child of the family in cases of divorce, etc.
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 10, in proceedings for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation, the court may make any one or more of the orders mentioned in subsection (2)—
(a) before or on granting the decree of divorce, of nullity of marriage or of judicial separation, as the case may be, or at any time thereafter;
(b) where any such proceedings are dismissed after the beginning of the trial, either forthwith or within a reasonable period after the dismissal.
(2) The orders referred to in subsection (1) are—
(a) an order that a party to the marriage shall make to such person as may be specified in the order for the benefit of a child of the family, or to such a child, such periodical payments and for such term as may be so specified;
(b) an order that a party to the marriage shall secure to such person as may be so specified for the benefit of such a child, or to such a child, to the satisfaction of the court, such periodical payments and for such term as may be so specified; 
(c) an order that a party to the marriage shall pay to such person as may be so specified for the benefit of such a child, or to such a child, such lump sum as may be so specified.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2)(c), an order under this section for the payment of a lump sum to any person for the benefit of a child of the family, or to such a child, may be made for the purpose of enabling any liabilities or expenses reasonably incurred by or for the benefit of that child before the making of an application for an order under this section to be met.
(4) An order under this section for the payment of a lump sum may provide for the payment of that sum by instalments of such amount as may be specified in the order and may require the payment of the instalments to be secured to the satisfaction of the court. 
(5) While the court has power to make an order in any proceedings by virtue of subsection (1)(a), it may exercise that power from time to time; and where the court makes an order by virtue of subsection (1)(b) in relation to a child it may from time to time make a further order under this section in relation to him.
[cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 3 U.K.]

### Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance 《婚姻法律程序與財產條例》

6. Orders for transfer and settlement of property and for variation of settlements in cases of divorce, etc.
(1) On granting a decree of divorce, a decree of nullity of marriage or a decree of judicial separation, or at any time thereafter (whether, in the case of a decree of divorce or of nullity of marriage, before or after the decree is made absolute), the court may, subject to the provisions of sections 10 and 25(1), make any one or more of the following orders, that is to say— (Amended 69 of 1997 s. 23)
(a) an order that a party to the marriage shall transfer to the other party, to any child of the family or to such person as may be specified in the order for the benefit of such a child such property as may be so specified, being property to which the first-mentioned party is entitled, either in possession or reversion;
(b) an order that a settlement of such property as may be so specified, being property to which a party to the marriage is so entitled, be made to the satisfaction of the court for the benefit of the other party to the marriage and of the children of the family or either or any of them;
(c) an order varying for the benefit of the parties to the marriage and of the children of the family or either or any of them any ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlement (including such a settlement made by will or codicil) made on the parties to the marriage;
(d) an order extinguishing or reducing the interests of either of the parties to the marriage under any such settlement;
(e) an order for the sale of such property as may be specified in the order, being property in which or in the proceeds of sale of which either or both of the parties to the marriage has or have a beneficial interest, either in possession or reversion, and for the use of the proceeds of such sale, (Added 69 of 1997 s. 23)
and the court may make an order under paragraph (c) notwithstanding that there are no children of the family.
(2) Subsections (2) to (6) of section 6A apply in relation to orders under subsection (1)(e) as they apply in relation to orders under subsection (1) of that section. (Added 69 of 1997 s. 23)
[cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 4 U.K.]

### Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance 《婚姻法律程序與財產條例》

6A. Orders for sale of property
(1) Where the court makes an order under section 4, 5 or 6 then, on making that order or at any time after the making of that order, the court may make a further order for the sale of such property as may be specified in the order, being property in which or in the proceeds of sale of which either or both of the parties to the marriage has or have a beneficial interest, either in possession or reversion.
(2) Any order made under subsection (1) may contain such consequential or supplementary provisions as the court thinks fit and, without affecting the generality of the preceding words of this provision, may include—
(a) provision requiring the making of a payment out of the proceeds of sale of the property to which the order relates; and
(b) provision requiring any such property to be offered for sale to a person, or class of persons, specified in the order.
(3) Where an order is made under subsection (1), the court may direct that the order, or such provision of the order as the court may specify, shall not take effect until the occurrence of an event specified by the court or the expiration of a period so specified.
(4) Where an order under subsection (1) contains a provision requiring the proceeds of sale of the property to which the order relates to be used to secure periodical payments to a party to the marriage, the order shall cease to have effect on the death or re-marriage of that person.
(5) Where a party to a marriage has a beneficial interest in any property, or in the proceeds of sale of any property, and some other person who is not a party to the marriage also has a beneficial interest in that property or in those proceeds of sale, then, before deciding whether to make an order under this section in relation to that property, it shall be the duty of the court to give that other person an opportunity to make representations with respect to the order; and any representations made by that other person shall be included among the circumstances to which the court is required to have regard under section 7(1).
(6) An order shall not be made under subsection (1) in relation to any property where the purported assignment or other alienation of the property together with any agreement so to assign or otherwise alienate the property pursuant to the order would be void by virtue of section 17B of the Housing Ordinance (Cap. 283).
(Added 69 of 1997 s. 24)