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Chapter: | 87
 | Title: | LEGAL OFFICERS ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | 11 of 1999 |
| Section: | 6 | Heading: | Rights and duties of Secretary for Justice in proceedings under Matrimonial Causes Ordinance | Version Date: | 01/07/1997 |
Amendments retroactively made - see 11 of 1999 s. 3
All rights and duties which were exercisable or dischargeable by the then Attorney General immediately before 1 July 1997 so far as regards any proceedings over which the courts of Hong Kong had jurisdiction by or by virtue of the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (Cap 179), except for those that are inconsistent with the Basic Law, shall on and after that date be exercisable or dischargeable by the Secretary for Justice.
(Replaced 11 of 1999 s. 3)
___________________________________________________________________Note:
This section has been repealed and replaced since 1 July 1997. The section as it read immediately before 1 July 1997 is reproduced as follows:
"6. Attorney General to act as Queen's Proctor
- The Attorney General shall exercise and discharge so far as regards any proceedings over which the courts of the Colony have jurisdiction by or by virtue of the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (Cap 179), the rights and duties which in England are customarily exercised and discharged by the Queen's Proctor.".