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Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance Part 1 Section 1 HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

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An Ordinance to provide for the recognition and enforcement in Hong Kong of judgments in matrimonial and family cases given in the Mainland, for facilitating the recognition and enforcement in the Mainland of such judgments given in Hong Kong, and for the recognition of Mainland divorce certificates, so as to give effect to the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region made between the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; and to provide for related matters. [] Enacted by the Legislative Council. Part 1 Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement

(1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance.