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HONG KONG.

No. 15 OF 1947.

I ausent.

Quark Young...

Governor.

28th March, 1947.

An Ordinance to amend the Marriage Ordinance, 1876.

[28th March, 1947.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Short title, (Amendment) Ordinance, 1947, and shall be read as one with the Marriage Ordinance, 1875, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance).

2. The proviso to section 35 of the principal Ordinance shall be amended by the insertion of commas and the words including alterations increasing or decreasing fees,** between the words "therein" and "as' in the penultimate line thereof.

3. The Table of Fees in the Second Schedule to the principal Ordinance shall be repealed and replaced by the following:

TABLE OF FEES

1. Notice of Marriage

2. Certificate of notice

3. Search

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Nil

1 dollar

Ordinanco No. 7 of 1876.

Amendment

of tho proviso ta

8. 25 of the

principal Ordepac.

Repeal and replacement

of the Table

of fed it Blin Second

schodule

to the principal Ordinance.

1 JE

4. Certified copy

5. Certificate of absence of any record for a

period not exceeding 10 years

6. The same for period exceeding 10 years

1 **

5 dollara

10

J

7.

Licence to Registrar of Marriages to issue

hia certificate

30

J

8. Special Licence

9. Marriage at the office of the Registrar

of Marriages

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 27th

150

10 W

day of March, 1947.

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Deputy Clerk of Councils.