Guardianship of Minors Ordinance

(1)
If the court dealing with an application under
section 10
or
14(2)
requests the Director of Social Welfare to arrange for an officer of the Social Welfare Department to make to the court a report, orally or in writing, with respect to any specified matter (being a matter appearing to the court to be relevant to the application), the Director of Social Welfare shall comply with such request.
(Amended
L.N. 80 of 2012
)
[cf. 1973 c. 29 s. 6(1) U.K.]
(2)
Any statement which is or purports to be a report in pursuance of subsection (1) shall be made, or if in writing be read aloud, before the court at a hearing of the application, and immediately after it has been so made or read aloud the court shall ask whether any party to the proceedings who is present or represented by counsel or solicitor at the hearing objects to anything contained therein; and where objection is
made—
(a)
the court shall require the officer by whom the statement was or purported to be made to give evidence on or with respect to the matters referred to therein; and
(b)
any party to the proceedings may give or call evidence with respect to any matter referred to in the statement or in any evidence given by the officer.
[cf. 1973 c. 29 s. 6(2) U.K.]
(3)
The court may take account of any statement made or read aloud under subsection (2) and of any evidence given under paragraph (a) of that subsection, so far as that statement or evidence relates to the matters specified by the court under subsection (1), notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law relating to the admissibility of evidence.
[cf. 1973 c. 29 s. 6(3) U.K.]