HOLIC LONG
No. 62 or 1979
1 ament.
Mr Midda
Governor,
2nd August. 1979.
An Ordinance to amend the Marriage Reform Ordinance.
(3rd August, 1979)
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent
of the Legislative Council thereof.
1. Thi Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Reform (Amend Stott kitle. mont) Ordinance 1979.
2. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Amerdanel of 'on and after" and substituting the following-
"on or after".
section 4 (Cap. 178)
3 Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting Ameedomcat of subsection (3) and substituting the following-
"(3) The District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and delerimide an application by a person claiming to be a party to a customary marriage or a validated marriage for a declaration that a customary marriage or validated marriage, as the case may be, subaists between That person and the other party to such marriage where- (a) the other party disputes the existence of the marriage; (6) the other party is unwilling to join in the application for the
registration of the marriage under this section: or
mecliora 9.