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CONFIDENTIAL

Annex C

Item 8.7

UK's Reservations to the Convention

on the consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage

and Registration of Marriages applicable to Hong Kong

1, paragraph 1, and

article 2, of the

"It is the understanding of the Government of the

United Kingdom that article

the second sentence of

Convention are concerned with entry into marriage

under the laws of a state party and not with the

recognition under the laws of one State Or territory of the validity of marriages contracted

under the laws of another State or territory

"Article

legislative

1, paragraph

21

provision

to be

does not require

made, where no such

legislation already exists, for marriages to be

contracted in the absence of one of the parties"

CONFIDENTIAL