MAINTENANCE ORDERS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) (DESIGNATION OF RECIPROCATING COUNTRIES) ORDER

MAINTENANCE ORDERS (RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT) (DESIGNATION OF RECIPROCATING COUNTRIES) ORDER

MAINTENANCE ORDERS (RECIPROCAL
ENFORCEMENT (DESIGNATION OF
RECIPROCATING COUNTRIES) ORDER

LAW

(Cap. 188, sections 3 and 20)

[31 January 1979.1

1. This order may be cited as the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal
Enforcement) (Designation of Reciprocating Countries) Order.

2. (1) The country specified in Part 1 of the Schedule is hereby
designated as a reciprocating country for the purposes of the Ordinance
as regards maintenance orders generally.

(2) Each of the countries and territories specified in Part 11 of the
Schedule is hereby designated as a reciprocating country for the
purposes of the Ordinance as regards maintenance orders other than
affiliation orders.

3. (1) Sections 2, 6, 13 to 16 and 18 of the Ordinance shall apply in
relation to a maintenance order transmitted under section 4 or 5 of the
repealed Ordinance to one of the countries and territories specified in
the Schedule to which immediately before the coming into operation of
this order the repealed Ordinance applied, as they apply in relation to a
maintenance order sent to that country or territory in pursuance of
section 4 of the Ordinance or made by virtue of section 5 of the
Ordinance and confirmed by a competent court in that country or
territory.

(2) Sections 2 and 9 to 19 of the Ordinance shall apply in relation to
a maintenance order made in one of the countries and territories
specified in the Schedule to which immediately before the coming into
operation of this order the repealed Ordinance applied and not being an
order which immediately before that date is registered in the District
Court under section 3 of the repealed Ordinance, as they apply in
relation to a registered order.

(3) A maintenance order made by a court in one of the countries
and territories specified in the Schedule which has been confirmed by
the District Court under section 6 of the repealed Ordinance and is in
force immediately before the coming into operation of this order, shall be
registered under section 8(5) of the Ordinance in like manner as if it had
been confirmed by the District Court under subsection (2) of that
section.

(4) Any proceedings in the District Court brought under or by
virtue of any provision of the repealed Ordinance which are pending
immediately before the coming into operation of this order, being





proceedings affecting a person resident in one of the countries and
territories specified in the Schedule, shall be continued as if they
had been brought under or by virtue of the corresponding provision
of the Ordinance.

SCHEDULE

L.N. 101179. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES DESIGNATED
As RECIPROCATING COUNTRIES

PARTI
The United Kingdom
Bermuda

PART 11

The Commonwealth of Australia and its territories
The State of British Columbia
The State of Brunei
Malaysia
New Zealand
The Republic of Singapore
The Solomon Islands
The Republic of South Africa
The Republic of Sri Lanka
The Province of Manitoba

L.N. 298188.
The Province of Saskatchewan
L.N. 28/79. L.N. 101/79. Citation. Designation of reciprocating countries. Schedule. Transitional provisions. L.N. 101/79.

L.N. 28/79. L.N. 101/79. Citation. Designation of reciprocating countries. Schedule. Transitional provisions. L.N. 101/79.

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