### Family Procedure Ordinance 《家事訴訟程序條例》

25. Rule-making powers of Rules Committee
The Rules Committee may—
(a) make rules for regulating and prescribing the practice and procedure for family proceedings in the High Court and the Family Court;
(b) in relation to any matter relating to a family proceeding, make rules for better carrying out the purposes of—
(i) the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4), in particular sections 14, 14AA, 21M, 26, 41, 42, 44, 52A and 52B of that Ordinance;
(ii) the Guardianship of Minors Ordinance (Cap. 13), in particular section 20 of that Ordinance;
(iii) the Separation and Maintenance Orders Ordinance (Cap. 16), in particular section 9A of that Ordinance;
(iv) section 9(3) of the Marriage Reform Ordinance (Cap. 178);
(v) the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (Cap. 179), in particular sections 11A, 14 and 49 of that Ordinance;
(vi) the Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 181), in particular section 18A of that Ordinance;
(vii) the Married Persons Status Ordinance (Cap. 182);
(viii) the Legitimacy Ordinance (Cap. 184);
(ix) the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 188);
(x) the Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance (Cap. 189);
(xi) the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap. 192), in particular sections 12, 25 and 28 of that Ordinance;
(xii) the Adoption Ordinance (Cap. 290), in particular section 5A of that Ordinance;
(xiii) the District Court Ordinance (Cap. 336), in particular sections 47A, 47D, 52B, 53 and 53A of that Ordinance;
(xiv) the Parent and Child Ordinance (Cap. 429), in particular sections 6 and 12 of that Ordinance;
(xv) the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Ordinance (Cap. 481);
(xvi) the Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance (Cap. 512); and
(xvii) the Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 639); and
(c) without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), make rules for the purposes set out in section 26.

### Family Procedure Ordinance 《家事訴訟程序條例》

27. Rule on computation of vacation period not to apply
(Not yet in operation)Section 31 of the High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4) does not apply in relation to a family proceeding in the CFI.

28. Consequential and related amendments

(* partially commenced)
The enactments specified in the Schedule are amended as set out in the Schedule.

Editorial Note:

* This section came into operation on 30 June 2023 (in so far as it relates to section 76 of the Schedule)—see 13 of 2023 s. 1. 

### Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 《內地民商事判決(相互強制執行)條例》

1. Short title
(Amended E.R. 2 of 2024)(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance.
(2) (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2024)

### Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 《內地民商事判決(相互強制執行)條例》

3. Mainland Judgments in civil or commercial matters
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a Mainland Judgment in a civil or commercial matter is a Mainland Judgment—
(a) that—
(i) is given in proceedings that are civil or commercial in nature under the law of the Mainland; or
(ii) is given in proceedings that are criminal in nature under the law of the Mainland, and contains an order for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages by a party to the proceedings; and
(b) that is not an excluded judgment.
(2) Subsection (3) applies if—
(a) a Mainland Judgment is given in respect of different matters; and
(b) had separate Mainland Judgments been given in respect of each of those matters, some, but not all, of those separate Mainland Judgments (qualifying Judgments

4. Hong Kong Judgments in civil or commercial matters
(1) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a Hong Kong Judgment in a civil or commercial matter is a Hong Kong Judgment—
(a) that—
(i) is given in civil proceedings, other than—
(A) proceedings brought by way of judicial review; or
(B) any other proceedings arising directly out of the exercise of an administrative power; or
(ii) is given in criminal proceedings, and contains an order for the payment of a sum of money in respect of compensation or damages by a party to the proceedings; and
(b) that is not an excluded judgment.
(2) Subsection (3) applies if—
(a) a Hong Kong Judgment is given in respect of different matters; and
(b) had separate Hong Kong Judgments been given in respect of each of those matters, some, but not all, of those separate Hong Kong Judgments (qualifying Judgments