Useful Information

The Ordinance and its legislative history

• Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 639)
  • For details on the main provisions of the Ordinance, please click here.
• Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Rules (Cap. 639A)
• Legislative Council’s webpage on the “Bills Committee on Mainland Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases (Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement) Bill (the “Bill”)”
• Speeches by the Secretary for Justice regarding the Bill for moving Second Reading and Resumption of Second Reading Debate (in Chinese only)
• Press Release on introduction of the Bill into the Legislative Council

Other useful materials

• Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Civil Judgments in Matrimonial and Family Cases by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  • Please click here for the key features of the Arrangement.
• Judicial interpretation promulgated by the Supreme People’s Court on 15 February 2022 (in Chinese only)

Seminars

The Department of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court jointly organised a seminar on “New Mechanism for Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement in Matrimonial and Family Cases between the Courts of Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” on 15 February 2022.

Video clips of the seminar and the speakers’ PowerPoint presentations are as below. You may also view the Putonghua channel (floor language) or the English channel (simultaneous interpretation) on YouTube.

• Opening Remarks:
  • Mr YANG Wanming (Video clip)
  • Ms Teresa CHENG, SC (Video clip)
  • Ms XIA Yinlan (Video clip)
• Keynote Speeches:
  • Ms SI Yanli (Video clip; PowerPoint)
  • Ms Jenny FUNG (Video clip; PowerPoint)
• Thematic Session 1:
  • Judge MA Jun (Video clip; PowerPoint)
  • Judge ZHU Ping (Video clip; PowerPoint)
  • His Honour Judge CHAN Chan-kok (Video clip; PowerPoint)
  • Mr Enzo CHOW (Video clip; PowerPoint)
• Thematic Session 2:
  • Video clips: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7
  • For the PowerPoint presentation of Mr Dennis HO, please click here.
  • For the PowerPoint presentation of Ms Theresa CHOW, please click here.
  • For the PowerPoint presentation of Ms FANG Yan, please click here.
  • For the PowerPoint presentation of Ms DENG Li, please click here.
• Q&A Session (Video clip)
• Concluding Session:
  • Judge ZHENG Xuelin (Video clip)
  • Mr Llewellyn MUI (Video clip)

The Department of Justice also organised the Seminar on Cross-boundary Family Mediation on 16 February 2022 to discuss the implications of the Ordinance on cross-boundary matrimonial and family proceedings as well as related mediation processes. For more details, please visit the event page (click here).

Promotional material

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Frequently asked questions

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