CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 316

BRITILE CONSULATE,

TAKSUI, Julý 6th, 1923.

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With reference to the question of the nationality of Kain descendants in Formosa of Yeap Thean Lye, a British feet of Chinese reos, the Foreign Office morandum (1)

April, 1920, cony of which was forwarded in Sir 0.Mist': patch Re. 20, of Enteber 31st 1922, raiced the question e 5) of the rarriage law or custom which has been in

ree in Powder since the latter became part of Japan,

I accordingly remuested information from the Emesan Government as to the practice followed by them in gard to the recognition of marringas by Zomosane and jouired na to the moet sonne of Ordinancé Fo.93, of 1905. Mar which machinery was orested for the civil registrațion

such MarriANODEL

!Aa veneæde Jannnese, the law of Japan

in forme under which registration in due form is essential a marriɛg de to have legal validity.) I have the honour onglase translation of a degantch received from the

[rector-gineml of the Promennon government, from whính it

112 be seen. that the mlidity of a Formosan marriage

bends in no way upon registration, but reats to all intents #4 PLIN2803 wholly on the orsi testimony of the alleged

ticipants.

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The sole means of establishing the validity of the

Bir of the descendants of Yeap Thoan liye to British

tionality would accordingly be to investigate the verbal

stimony of the parties to certain alleged marriages in

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