of the law . Roman Catholics regard
a
marriage Parsecs, etc. yet
"Sacrament", Chinese,
get und
married according to their own customs. There is a
Synagogue in Hongkong
a Jewish
and the
case of alleged hardship in Mr. Fle- mings time where
(v
a
Jow
wished
to marry Chinese womāt sečne hardship at all. If this
10
210
marriage had been able to be effected before the Registar the status in the
would probably not
parties would
eyes of the parties
I have been that of what Christudom
calls marriage Registar might say to them.
inn spite of all the
opinion is that the
d
My English Law ought not to be especkst to modify or relax its views of the stahes of husband and wife cognised throughout Christendous, to
suit the convenience
an occasional
of an
extraordinary couple who wish to get
Stong long before the
married an
Registrav
209
Registrav Geveral and are not pro-
pared to comply with the presentre-
the Law. Should it,
be
-quirements
of however, be deemed advisable to moke provision for the marriage fore the Registrar, of persons neither of whom propover chrishanity Jam inclined to think the intending hus. band should be required to sign a written declaration that he under-
stands he is ent
which
ειναι ν
into
entering Marriage
the vol
voluntary.
is proposed
for life of hinwelf and his wife to the exclusion of all other wo-
while such marriage. undissolved, that such marriage not be dissolved during their lives, except by a valid judgement of divorce and that if either party contracts ano.
marriage, while this remain. undissolved, such party will be -quilty of bigamy
ther
and be liable to
"the punishment imposed by low for
that