### Defences (Firing Areas) Ordinance 《防衞(射擊練習區)條例》

10. Exemptions
(1) This Ordinance shall not apply to—
(a) any aircraft entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another; (Amended 50 of 1936 s. 3; 26 of 1946 Schedule; 7 of 1948 s. 10; 38 of 1949 s. 12; 1 of 1997 s. 19)
(b) any aircraft compelled to enter or unable to quit the area affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation; (Amended 50 of 1936 s. 3; 1 of 1997 s. 19)
(c) any aircraft when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than 48 hours previously to the Commander of the Hong Kong Garrison; (Amended 50 of 1936 s. 3; 7 of 1948 s. 10; 1 of 1997 s. 19; 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(d) (Repealed 1 of 1997 s. 19)(e) any aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army or any aircraft employed under the Government. (Replaced 2 of 2012 s. 3)
(2) (Repealed 1 of 1997 s. 19)

11. Power of Chief Executive in Council to amend Schedules
The Chief Executive in Council may by order signified in the Gazette amend the Schedules to this Ordinance in any manner whatsoever provided that no amendment of the firing areas shall extend any such area beyond Hong Kong and Hong Kong waters.
(Added 50 of 1936 s. 4. Amended 24 of 1950 Schedule; 1 of 1997 s. 20; 71 of 1999 s. 3)

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

1. Short title
This Ordinance may be cited as the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance.

2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise requires—
adopted (領養) means adopted in pursuance of an adoption order made under any enactment in force in Hong Kong at any time relating to the adoption of children; (Amended 66 of 1999 s. 3)
child (子女), in relation to one or both parties to a marriage, includes an illegitimate or adopted child of that party or, as the case may be, of both parties;
child of the family (家庭子女), in relation to the parties to a marriage, means—
(a) a child of both those parties; and
(b) any other child who has been treated by both those parties as a child of their family;

court (法庭、法院) means the High Court or the District Court; (Replaced 79 of 1981 s. 7. Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)
custody (管養、管養權), in relation to a child, includes access to the child;
education (教育) includes training;
maintenance order (贍養令) means an order made—
(a) under section 4(1)(a), 5(2)(a), 8(5) or (6)(a) or (d) or 15(4) or (5) for periodical payments; or
(b) under section 4(1)(b), 5(2)(b), 8(6)(b) or (e) or 15(4) or (5) for secured periodical payments; or
(c) under section 4(1)(c), 5(2)(c) or 8(6)(c) or (f) for payment of a lump sum; (Added 18 of 2003 s. 9)

property (財產) means any real or personal property, any estate or interest in real or personal property, any money, any negotiable instrument, any prescribed instrument within the meaning of section 137B of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155), debt or other chose in action, and any other right or interest whether in possession or not. (Added 69 of 1997 s. 22)
(2) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that references in this Ordinance to remarriage include references to a marriage which is by law void or voidable.
[cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 27 U.K.]

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

2A. Commencement and transfer of proceedings
(1)  Subject to subsection (2), proceedings under this Ordinance shall be commenced in the District Court:

Provided that rules of court may make provision—
(a) for the transfer to the High Court of any proceedings upon the application of any party or at the instance of the District Court; and
(b) for the transfer and retransfer from the High Court of any proceedings to the District Court. (Amended 25 of 1998 s. 2)

(2)  Applications under sections 11, 12, 13 and 23 shall be made to the court that made the order to which the application relates:
Provided that rules of court may make provision for the transfer of applications from one court to the other. 
(Added 79 of 1981 s. 7)

3. Maintenance pending suit in case of divorce, etc.
On a—
(a) petition or joint application for divorce; or
(b) petition for nullity of marriage or judicial separation,
the court may order either party to the marriage to make to the other such periodical payments for his or her maintenance and for such term, being a term beginning not earlier than the date of the presentation of the petition or making of the application and ending on the date of the determination of the suit, as the court thinks reasonable.
(Replaced 29 of 1995 s. 19)

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

4. Financial provision for party to a marriage 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 section 25(1), make any one or more of the following orders, that is to say—
(a) an order that either party to the marriage shall make to the other such periodical payments and for such term as may be specified in the order;
(b) an order that either party to the marriage shall secure to the other to the satisfaction of the court, such periodical payments and for such term as may be so specified; 
(c) an order that either party to the marriage shall pay to the other such lump sum or sums as may be so specified.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1)(c), an order under this section that a party to a marriage shall pay a lump sum to the other party—
(a) may be made for the purpose of enabling that other party to meet any liabilities or expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in maintaining himself or herself or any child of the family before making an application for an order under this section;
(b) 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.
[cf. 1970 c. 45 s. 2 U.K.]