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(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (b), substituting “; or” and adding the following—

“(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—

“Effect of dissolution under Marriage Reform Ordinance 1970.

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