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Offences by minister..
Penalty for failing to transmit certificate.
Penalty for removing, etc., notice.
Punishment of
No: 7 of 1875.
29. Any minister who-
MARRIAGE.
(1) wilfully celebrates a marriage in the case of a minor, without such written consent as herein prescribed; or
(2) wilfully celebrates a marriage contrary to any other provision of this Ordinance, or knowing that any provision of this Ordinance has not been complied with,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment, without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years.
30. Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage, fails to transmit the certificate thereof to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs within seven days thereafter shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
31. Every person who wilfully removes, defaces, alters, or destroys any copy of a notice of intended marriage shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
32. Every person who knowingly and wilfully celebrates unauthorised or pretend celebrating a marriage, not being legally competent to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years.
33. All fines for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a magistrate.
34. The forms in the First Schedule may be used in the cases to which they are applicable with such alterations as circumstances may render necessary.
35. The fees specified in the Second Schedule shall be paid to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs for the several matters to which they are applicable: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make such alterations therein as shall be deemed advisable.
36. The Secretary for Chinese Affairs may, in any case where he is satisfied of the poverty of the parties, reduce the amount of the said fees or even remit them altogether.
*As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.