THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MARCH, 1885.
3. Every deel to be executed by a urried woman for any of the purposes of this Ordinance shall upon her excenting the ramo, or afterwards, he produced and acknowledged by her as her net and deed before the Chief Justice, or a Judge, or before two of the Commissioners to be resportively appointed as hereinafter provided.
4. The Chief Justice or such Judge, or Commissioners, before he or they shudi receive much, scknowledgment, shall examine the women apart from ber husband touching her knowledge of such deed, and shall ascertain whether she freely and voluntarily consents to such deed, and, unless she does so, shall not permit her to acknowledge the sume, and in such enso such deed shall, so far as relates to the execution thereof by such married woman, be void.
5. The Chief Justice may, whenever it seems desirable to him so to do, appoint two or more Commissioners for taking acknowledgments by married woman of the deeds to be executed by them as aforesaid, and such Commis- sioners shall be reuiovable by and at the pleasure of the Chief Justice.
6. When a married woman acknowledges any such deed, the Chief Justice, Judge, or Comnis douers taking such acknowledgment shall sign a memorandum to be endorsed on, or written at the foot, or in the margin of such deed, which memorandum, shall be to the following effect, viz. :-- "This deed marked (here add some letter or other mark for the purpose of identification) was this day produced before me (or us) and acknowledged by
therein
named to be her act and deed, previous to which acknowledgment the said
was examined by me (or us) separately and apart from her husband touching her knowledge of the contents of the said deed and her consent thereto and declared the same to be freely and voluntarily executed by her," and the same Chief Justice, Judge or Commissioners shall also sign a certi- ficate of the taking of such acknowledgment to he written or engrossed on a separate piece of parchment or paper, which certificate, subject to any alteration which may from time to time be directed by the Chief Justice or a Judge shall be to the following effect, viz. :--- These are to certify that on the
of
in the year 18 before me the undersigned, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Hongkong, or before us A. B. and C. D. two Commissioners appointed for the Colang of Hongkong, for taking the acknowledg- nents of deeds by married women pursuant to the Married Women's Disposition of Property Ordinance, 1885, appeared personally
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and made between (insert the names of the parties) and acknow- ledged the same to be her act and deed, and I (or we) do hereby certify that the said
was at the time of her acknowledging the said deed of full age and competent understanding, and that she was examined by mo (or us) apart from her husband, touching her knowledge of the contents of the said deed, and that she freely and voluntarily consented as the
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