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LEGAL HITCH IN
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THAT THE MODERN SIMPLIFIED FORM OF CHINESE MAR- RIAGE, ADOPTED BY THE CHINESE REPUBLIC, RE- QUIRED THAT THEY SHOULD BE REGISTERED, WAS PART OF IMPORTANT EVIDENCE GIVEN AT THE CEN- TRAL MAGISTRACY THIS MORNING BEFORE MR. H. R. BUTTERS IN A CASE IN WHICH YEUNG SHUI-YICK, THE INTERPORT FOOTBALLER, WAS SUMMONED BY HIS WIFE FOR PERSISTENT CRUELTY.
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After hearing evidence, Mr. H. form of marriage came into R. Butters dismissed the case, hold-after the inception of the Chinese ing that Ordinance covered the old Republië in 1911. Previous to that form of marriage and that the mo-only the old form was recognised. dern form, under which the par-According to law, a marriage un- ties were married, had to be regis-¡der the new form should be regis- tered or have a civil equivalent. tered though it was not done in
Ma Wing-kwan, a solicitor prac-many cases.
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"He felt the matter was one of In giving his decision, Mr. H. R. fied at the Chung Shan Univer-Butters. said he regretted that the sity, stated that he had been à parties had not seen their way to judge in the Nam Hoi district for settle their differences.
over a year and was well acquaint- ed with the law and customs of
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two forms of marriage in China, Mr. Buttera. said that he could firstly, the old custom by which not make an order under the sec- the marriage was arranged by the tion of the Ordinance under which couple's parents, three documents the summons was taken out. were drawn up and the bride had An expert witness had stated to be carried in the bridal chair. that there were two forms of mar- The other form was the modern one riage recognised by China and the where the couple arranged their second form, or Man Ming, form own marriage and then obtained the required that. such marriages, be consent of parents. A document registered. This marriage, not be- was drawn up and signed by the ing registered, did not come under contracting parties in the presence the ordinance. of friends and relatives and signed] in a public hall.
He left the matter as
one of great importance and he would like to have a ruling from the highest judicial authority. He would wel- come an appeal against his deci-
SHOULD BE REGISTERED
Questioned by the Court, witness said that these marriages should sion. be officially registered.
He held that the section refer- The term "Kit Fat" wife was ring to the Kit Fat or Ting Fong'
of tom to denote the first wife and in marriage, and, in his opinion, the the modern form of marriage" the civil equivalent for the modern - first wife was generally regarded form of marriage was marriage be- as the Kit Fat wife. The second 'fore the Registrar.
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