Chapter:	192	Title:	MATRIMONIAL PROCEEDINGS AND PROPERTY ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	29	Heading:	Validation of certain void or voidable decrees	Version Date:	30/06/1997

Any decree of divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation which, apart from this section, would be void or voidable on the ground only that the provisions of section 45 of the Matrimonial Causes Ordinance (Cap 179) (which restricts the making of decrees of dissolution or separation where children are affected) had not been complied with when the decree was made absolute or granted, as the case may be, shall be deemed always to have been valid unless-

(a) before the commencement of this Ordinance the court declared the decree to be void; or
(b) in proceedings for the annulment of the decree pending at the said commencement the court declares the decree to be void.