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Mat a notice thereof be published in the Hongkong Government Gazette.
I must confess that I am much astonished at the statement made by the Registrar with difficulty and can with ... accept it as correct, who no more object to provide a ... by the Ordinance and a licence simply means permission;
I should have thought that the fact that marriages which have been celebrated in this Church have been worked to the Registrar General and have been registered by him without question was over sufficient license. The Government cannot pretend not to be aware of the fact that the Church of the Immaculate Conception was moved years ago from Wellington Street to its present position, and has been habitually used for celebration of marriages ever since.
I think that Your Excellency had better assume that the Church was duly licensed by the Governor at that time, and there being no form of application, and no form of licence prescribed, that no record of it has been kept. I shall certainly insist upon it, that in the absence of any objection from the Government to the celebration of marriages in the Church since the day it was opened until now the Church was licensed by the Government, and that the Government cannot now turn round and say that it was not licensed.
As to publication in the Gazette, that was the clear duty of the Registrar General, however publication of the fact in the Gazette is not essential to the validity of the License. The provision in the Ordinance as to publication is merely directory. A Church may ...
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much astonished at the
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statement made by the Requitrar
with difficulty
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accept it
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as correct, who no tore olj
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by
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permission;
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marriages
which have
that over 100
been celebrated in this Church have
beer we worked to the Regist
Registrar General and have been registered by him.
without question,
was ov
sufficient
license. The Government cannot pretend not to be aware of the fact
that the Church of the Immaculate
Ponception was ne
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oved cove
years
ago from Hellington Street to its present
hosition, and has been habitually used
for celebration of marriages ever
since.
I think that Your, Excellency
has better assume that the Church.
was duly licensed by the Governor at that trive, and there being form of application, and no form of liceuse prescribed, that no record of it has been kept. I shall certainly insist upon it, that in the absence
of any objection from the Government to the celebration of marriages
the Church since the
day
A was
opened until now the Church was licensed by the Government, and
that the Government cannot now.
horn round and sa
that it was not
licensed).
way.
As to publication in the Gazette that was the clear duty of the Registrar General, however publicchion of the fact in the Gazette
is not ai
way
essential to the validity of the License. The provision in the
avy
directory. A Church
Ordinance as to publication is
may
merely
be fully
has
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