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CONFIDENTIAL
August 1993
Adaptation of Laws
Paper No. 2
Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 181)
Marriage Reform Ordinance (Cap. 178)
Marriage (War Period) (Validity) Ordinance (Cap. 258)
Foreign Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 180)
INTRODUCTION
This paper has been prepared as a basis for consultation ir
accordance with the principles for consultation agreed with the
Chinese side at JLG XVII on the way in which the British side intends
to adapt certain provisions in Hong Kong laws in order to ensure that
they are consistent with the Basic Law.
2.
This paper
deals with four Ordinances which relate to the
the Marriage Ordinance
(Cap. 178), the Marriage
celebration of marriages. They are
(Cap. 181), the Marriage Reform Ordinance
(War Period)' (Validity) Ordinance (Cap. 258), and the Foreign
Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 180).
3.
The British side envisages that the proposals set out below
would be incorporated in a schedule of amendments to be attached to a
Bill for enactment by the Hong Kong legislature before 1 July 1997.
The Bill would come into force on enactment but the amendments would
take effect on 1 July 1997.
PROPOSALS
4.
makes provision
for
Marriage Ordinance (Cap. 181). This makes
matters relating to the celebration of marriages in Hong Kong. The
British side proposes to adapt it as follows
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