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 * “(c) either of the parties to the marriage had a substantial connexion with Hong Kong at the date of the petition.”;
 * (c) in section 4, by inserting after the words “domiciled in” in paragraph (a) the following—
 * “or had a substantial connexion with”;
 * (d) in section 5—
 * (i) by deleting “or” at the end paragraph (b); and
 * (ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (c), substituting “; or” and adding the following—
 * “(d) either of the parties to the marriage had a substantial connexion with Hong Kong at the date of the petition.”;
 * (e) in section 6, by inserting after the words “domiciled in” in paragraph (a) the following—
 * “or had a substantial connexion with”;
 * (f) in section 7—
 * (i) by deleting "or" at the end of paragraph (c); and
 * (ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (d), substituting “; or” and adding the following—
 * “(e) either of the parties to the marriage had a substantial connexion with Hong Kong at the date of the petition.”;
 * (g) by adding the following new section after section 7—
 * 7A. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the dissolution in accordance with Part V of the Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970 of a modern marriage validated by section 8 of the Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970 and subsisting on the day appointed under section 3 of that Ordinance or a customary marriage subsisting on the day appointed under section 3 of that Ordinance shall, for the purposes of Part VI and Part VII, be deemed to be a final decree of divorce granted by the court, and accordingly, the court, and in the case of section 36 a magistrates’ court, shall have the same
 * 7A. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the dissolution in accordance with Part V of the Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970 of a modern marriage validated by section 8 of the Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970 and subsisting on the day appointed under section 3 of that Ordinance or a customary marriage subsisting on the day appointed under section 3 of that Ordinance shall, for the purposes of Part VI and Part VII, be deemed to be a final decree of divorce granted by the court, and accordingly, the court, and in the case of section 36 a magistrates’ court, shall have the same