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FORM B

Marriage Licence.

Ordinance No

day of

of 1875, Section XH.

ix7

Whereas on the

notice was given to the Registrar-General of a marriage intended to be had between A.B. and C.D. therein mentioned, and the said B. desires to obtain a licence for the immediate issue of a certificate of such notice, and has made before the said Registrar-General the affidavit required by The Marriage Ordinance, 1875," section XV :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Ordinance, I do hereby authorise the said Registrar General to issue the said certificate, at any time on or after and within three calendar months of the

the

said

day of day of

Given under my hand this

day of

187

(Signed)

Governor.

FORM (C).

Special Licence.

Ordinance No.

of 1875, Section XIV.

Whereas 4.B. and ('D. desire to marry, and sufficient cause has been shown to me why such marriage should be allowed without the formalities prescribed by

The Marriage Ordinance, 1875 :"

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Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Ordinance, I do dispense with the giving of notice and the issue of the certificate thereby prescribed for as the case may be], and do hereby authorise any competent person to celebrate marriage between the said A.B. and C.D. at (place of celebration) upon the

in the forenoon and betwen the hours of }

of

187

in the afternoon.

Given under my hand this

Butt

day

day of

187

(Signed)

Governor.

FORM OF CERTIFICATE.

Hong Kong Ordinance No

1875, *** XXIII.

| Marriage solemnized in the

nt

In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Ordinance No. of 1875, rec. XXIII.

Marringe solemnized in the

at

ta Hong Kong.

Certificate of Marriage

Certificate of Marriage

Sir,

Notice of marriage, section VIII

Certificate of notice, section XI

Marriage licence, section XII

Special licence, section XIV..

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Table of Fees.

Marriage at the office of the Registrar-General

Inclosure 2 in No. 10.

:::::

Dollars.

Nil

1

6

25

2

Attorney-General's Office, September 8, 1875.

I HAVE the honour to submit the following report upon the Marriage Ordinance which was passed yesterday in the Legislative Council ;—

The Ordinance No. of 1875, has been repealed and re-enacted with the amend- ments directed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies in his despatch of the 4th of July, 1875, namely—

In Section II, by making it permissive instead of compulsory for Ministers of Religion or other persons to deliver to the Registrar-General their marriage records or copies of them. This Ordinance also provides that matters of private or confidential nature may be omitted from the copies delivered.

In Section IX, by directing that a copy of the marriage notice be exhibited at the Supreme Court House, instead of allowing the Registrar-General to determine the place of exhibition.

In Sections XIV, XXXVII, by empowering the Governor to reduce or remit fees upon special licences at his discretion; and by empowering the Registrar-General to make the like remission or reduction of other fees in cases of poverty.

In Sections XVI, XVII, by providing for the case of a parent non compos mentis, who is therefore unable to consent to the marriage of a minor.

In Section XIX, by providing an appeal to the Supreme Court from the decision of the Registrar-General, given when the authority of a person forbidding the issue of a certificate is disputed.

And by adding a section suspending the operation of the Ordinance. In addition to these amendments, the Council has altered the form of certificate of marriage to make it accord with the printed books sent out from England.

The Council has also struck ont from Section XXII the words "Ministers may receive the fees ordinarily paid for the celebration of marriage" in order to avoid any appearance of changing these voluntary offerings into obligatory payments.

As the Ordinance has already been twice submitted to the Secretary of State, a more lengthened report will not, I presume, be now required.

I have, &c.

(Signed) JOHN BRAMSTON, Attorney-General.

The Hon. Cecil C. Smith,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Thate

Name of busband

Name of wife

When Married

Namen and SUPERIOR

Whether of Ful Age,

undition.

Rank or Profession

Leadence at the Time of Marriage.

Father's Name and Surname

Rank or Profession of

Father

Married in the

aroarding In the rites and

ceremonien of the ..

by or before me,

This marriage was (.............

solemnized be--

Iween us,

When Married.

Names and Surnames

Whether of Fall Age,

or a Minor.

Condition.

Bank or Profession.

Residence at the Time

Father's Name and

Surb Ame

Beak or Profession of

Father.

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Married in the .....

ceremonies of the

Do-

tween us,

I in the pre-

sence of as

:{

The date of the notice.

This marriage was

solemnized

ס אתנן

......... according to the rites and

by...

by [or bafora) me,

in the pre-

sence of us,

(No. 98.) Sir,

No. 11.

The Earl of Carnarvon to Governor Sir A. E. Kennedy, K.C M.G., C.B.

Downing Street, November 6, 1875,

I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 123 of the 13th of September, inclosing a further letter addressed to me by Bishop Raimondi on the subject of the Hong Kong Marriage Ordinance.

2. I request you will inform Bishop Raimondi that I have received his letter, and that you will also express to him my regret at learning that the proposed legislation, notwithstanding the amendments which I have directed to be made in the Ordinance as originally passed, should still appear to him to contain enactments to which, in some cases, the Roman Catholic clergy cannot render compliance.

3. I have before pointed out, in my despatch No. 61 of the 4th July last,† that the Roman Catholic clergy in England experience no difficulty in complying with a similar marriage law, and, indeed, are bound to the observance of certain formalities at the celebration of marriage from which they are exempted by the Hong Kong Ordinance.

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