Clause 31

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2A) of section 23, the following subsection:“(2B) An appeal shall lie to the High Court from a decision of a Family Court in proceedings under Part 3 of the Protection from Harassment Act, only with leave of that Family Court or the High Court.”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (6) of section 26, the following subsection:“(6A) The Family Court has the jurisdiction and powers of a District Court to hear civil proceedings in relation to any claim or order under the Protection from Harassment Act, except any claim under section 11 of that Act.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68)” in section 35(2)(b), the words “(except section 240(6) of the Criminal Procedure Code)”.