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Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance Part 2—Division 1 Section 9 9. Transfer of registration applications to Court of First Instance

(1) The District Court may, on its own initiative, make an order (transfer order) to transfer a registration application to the Court of First Instance.

(2) The District Court may make the transfer order only if it considers that the registration application can more conveniently be dealt with by the Court of First Instance.

(3) A registration application transferred by a transfer order is regarded as having been transferred to the Court of First Instance on the date on which the order is made, unless the Court of First Instance otherwise directs.

(4) On the transfer of the registration application—
 * (a) a document issued, served, filed or lodged in relation to the registration application before the transfer is regarded as having been issued, served, filed or lodged for the purpose of the application in the Court of First Instance on the date on which it was issued, served, filed or lodged; and
 * (b) a step taken by a party in relation to the registration application before the transfer is regarded as having been taken for the purpose of the application in the Court of First Instance on the date on which it was taken.

(5) On the transfer of the registration application, unless the Court of First Instance otherwise directs, a decision made by the District Court in relation to the application before the transfer has effect in the Court of First Instance as if the decision were made by the Court of First Instance on the date on which it was made by the District Court.