Cap. 23activeordinance

Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance

法律修訂及改革(綜合)條例

Full legislation

s.20B

Abolition of common law actions for loss of society or service

Except as provided in
section 20C
, no person shall be liable in
tort—
(a)
to a husband on the ground only of having deprived him of the services or society of his wife;
(b)
to a parent (or person standing in the place of a parent) on the ground only of having deprived him of the services of a child; or
(c)
on the ground
only—
(i)
of having deprived another of the services of his menial servant;
(ii)
of having deprived another of the services of his female servant by raping or seducing her; or
(iii)
of enticement of a servant or harbouring a servant.
(Added
40 of 1986 s. 3
)
[cf. 1982 c. 53 s. 2 U.K.]