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Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance Part 2—Division 2 Section 10 Division 2—Registration Orders and Registration 10. Registration orders

(1) On a registration application in relation to any specified order in a Mainland Judgment, the District Court or (if a transfer order under section 9(1) has been made) Court of First Instance may order the specified order to be registered in accordance with this Division if it is satisfied that—
 * (a) the Judgment is given in a matrimonial or family case on or after the commencement date of this Ordinance; and
 * (b) the Judgment is effective in the Mainland.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), until the contrary is proved, a Mainland Judgment is presumed to be given in a matrimonial or family case and effective in the Mainland if a certificate certifying those matters is issued by the original Mainland court.

(3) On the making of a registration order in relation to a specified order, the specified order is taken as registered in accordance with the registration order.

11. Further provisions for registration orders concerning maintenance-related orders

(1) This section applies to a registration application in relation to a maintenance-related order requiring the payment of a sum of money or the performance of an act (whether periodically or not).

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the registering court may only order under section 10(1) that the maintenance-related order is to be registered to the extent that it relates to a