CO129-594-7 Proposed legislation to regularise registration of births- marriages and deaths in Stanley internment camp during... 16-10-1945 - 19-12-1946 — Page 5

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I agree on all these questions with Mr. Hastings, but I should like to add two points.

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In order to meet the submission in the last subparagraph of (1) in Mr.Minnitt's letter, the Ordinance might provide a for"the avoidance of doubts the marriages in question are, and have been since their celebration, as valid as they would have been if the prescribed formalities had been complied with; or that they"shall not be deemed to be, or to have been, invalid by reason only that"certain' formalities were not complied with.

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As regards marriage registration, according to this letter the practice seems to have been to

Under reverse the prescribed legal procedure. Ordinance 7 of 1875 (section 20(3) and 23) a certificate should be given, and a copy sent to the Registrar who should file it and register it. In Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation it seems that a register of marriages was kept, copies of the entries being delivered to the parties. Mr.Minnitts letter may, however, be inaccurate and the facts require close examination. It may be necessary to ensure by legislation that these certificates/or copies of the register) are certificates of marriage for the purposes of the Ordinance; see particularly Section 24 which makes them evidence.

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