### Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance 《家庭及同居關係暴力條例》

7A. Court may vary or suspend custody or access order
(1) If—
(a) a court grants, under section 3, 3A or 3B, an injunction containing a provision mentioned in section 3(1)(c), 3A(4)(b) or 3B(1)(c) that concerns a minor; and (Amended 18 of 2009 s. 13)
(b) at the time the court determines the application for the injunction, there is in force—
(i) a court order that grants the custody of the minor to the respondent to the injunction; or
(ii) a court order that allows the respondent to the injunction to have access to the minor,
the court may vary or suspend the court order in such manner as the court considers necessary for giving effect to the provision.
(2) In subsection (1)(b), court order (法庭命令) means—
(a) in relation to the application of subsection (1) to the District Court, an order made by the District Court; and
(b) in relation to the application of subsection (1) to the Court of First Instance, an order made by the Court of First Instance or the District Court.

(3) In considering varying or suspending a court order under subsection (1), the court shall—
(a) regard the welfare of the minor as the first and paramount consideration; and
(b) in having such regard, give due consideration to—
(i) the wishes of the minor if, having regard to the age and understanding of the minor and to the circumstances of the case, it is practicable to do so; and
(ii) any material information, including any report of the Director of Social Welfare available to the court at the hearing.
(4) If a court order is varied under subsection (1), the order shall, notwithstanding any other Ordinance or rule of law, have effect subject to such variation.
(5) A variation of a court order under subsection (1) in respect of an injunction shall be signified by attaching to the injunction a copy of the order endorsed with the particulars of the variation.
(6) A variation or suspension of a court order made in respect of an injunction shall cease to have effect upon the expiry of the validity period of the injunction.
(Added 17 of 2008 s. 10)

### Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance 《家庭及同居關係暴力條例》

8. Rules of practice and procedure
The Chief Justice may make rules for the purposes of this Ordinance in respect of the following matters—
(a) the hearing and determination of applications under this Ordinance;
(b) forms to be used in connexion with any application or order under this Ordinance;
(c) the service of documents;
(d) the attendance of parties;
(e) the release on bail of persons arrested under an authorization of arrest attached, under section 5(1), to an injunction; and (Amended 17 of 2008 s. 11)
(f) the transfer of proceedings commenced in the Court of First Instance from the Court of First Instance to the District Court and of proceedings commenced in the District Court from the District Court to the Court of First Instance. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

9. Saving as to existing jurisdiction
The powers conferred under this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation from the powers of the Court of First Instance and the District Court.
(Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

10. Injunctions not to be registered
An injunction containing a provision mentioned in section 3(1)(c) or (d), 3A(4)(b) or (c) or 3B(1)(c) or (d) shall not be registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128).

(Amended 17 of 2008 s. 12; 18 of 2009 s. 14)

11. Powers of the court to be exercised by a judge
(1) The powers conferred by this Ordinance on the Court of First Instance shall be exercised by a judge. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)
(2) The powers conferred by this Ordinance on the District Court shall be exercised by a District Judge. 

### Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) (Designation of Reciprocating Countries) Order 《贍養令(交互強制執行)(指定交互執行國)令》

1. Citation
This order may be cited as the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) (Designation of Reciprocating Countries) Order.

2. Designation of reciprocating countries
(1) The country or place specified in Part I of the Schedule is hereby designated as a reciprocating country for the purposes of the Ordinance as regards maintenance orders generally.
(2) Each of the countries and places specified in Part II of the Schedule is hereby designated as a reciprocating country for the purposes of the Ordinance as regards maintenance orders other than affiliation orders.
(27 of 1999 s. 3)

3. Transitional provisions
(1) Sections 2, 6, 13 to 16 and 18 of the Ordinance shall apply in relation to a maintenance order transmitted under section 4 or 5 of the repealed Ordinance to one of the countries and places specified in the Schedule to which immediately before the coming into operation of this order the repealed Ordinance applied, as they apply in relation to a maintenance order sent to that country or place in pursuance of section 4 of the Ordinance or made by virtue of section 5 of the Ordinance and confirmed by a competent court in that country or place.
(2) Sections 2 and 9 to 19 of the Ordinance shall apply in relation to a maintenance order made in one of the countries and places specified in the Schedule to which immediately before the coming into operation of this order the repealed Ordinance applied and not being an order which immediately before that date is registered in the District Court under section 3 of the repealed Ordinance, as they apply in relation to a registered order.
(3) A maintenance order made by a court in one of the countries and places specified in the Schedule which has been confirmed by the District Court under section 6 of the repealed Ordinance and is in force immediately before the coming into operation of this order, shall be registered under section 8(5) of the Ordinance in like manner as if it had been confirmed by the District Court under subsection (2) of that section.
(4) Any proceedings in the District Court brought under or by virtue of any provision of the repealed Ordinance which are pending immediately before the coming into operation of this order, being proceedings affecting a person resident in one of the countries and places specified in the Schedule, shall be continued as if they had been brought under or by virtue of the corresponding provision of the Ordinance.
(27 of 1999 s. 3)

### Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 《贍養令(交互強制執行)條例》

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance.

### Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 《贍養令(交互強制執行)條例》

3. Orders by the Chief Executive designating reciprocating countries
(1) The Chief Executive, if satisfied that, in the event of the benefits conferred by this Ordinance being applied to, or to particular classes of, maintenance orders made by the courts of any country or place other than Hong Kong, similar benefits will in that country or place be applied to, or to those classes of, maintenance order made by the courts of Hong Kong, may by order designate that country or place as a reciprocating country for the purposes of this Ordinance; and, subject to subsection (2), in this Ordinance reciprocating country (交互執行國) means a country or place that is for the time being so designated.
(2) A country or place may be designated under subsection (1) as a reciprocating country either as regards maintenance orders generally, or as regards maintenance orders other than those of any specified class, or as regards maintenance orders of one or more specified classes only; and a country or place which is for the time being so designated otherwise than as regards maintenance orders generally shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be taken to be a reciprocating country only as regards maintenance orders of the class to which the designation extends.
(Amended 27 of 1999 s. 3)[cf. 1972 c. 18 s. 1 U.K.]