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Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance Part 1 Section 2 Mainland divorce certificate (內地離婚證) means a divorce certificate issued by a civil affairs department in the Mainland;

Mainland Judgment (內地判決) means a judgment, ruling or conciliatory statement given by a court in the Mainland but does not include a judgment given by a court in a place outside the Mainland that is recognized in the Mainland under the law of the Mainland;

Mainland Judgment given in a matrimonial or family case (內地婚姻或家庭案件判決)—see section 3(1);

maintenance-related order (贍養相關命令) means an order set out in Part 3 of Schedule 2;

matrimonial or family case (婚姻或家庭案件)—
 * (a) in relation to a Mainland Judgment—see section 3(2); and
 * (b) in relation to a Hong Kong Judgment—see section 4(2);

original Mainland court (內地判案法院), in relation to a Mainland Judgment, means the court in the Mainland by which the Judgment was given;

prescribed fee (訂明費用), in relation to a matter, means the fee prescribed for that matter in the rules made under section 40;

property (財產) means—
 * (a) real or personal property;
 * (b) an estate or interest in any real or personal property;
 * (c) money;
 * (d) a negotiable instrument;
 * (e) a prescribed instrument within the meaning of section 137B of the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155);