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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1932.

4. That after his said marriage your Petitioner lived and cohabited with his said wife and that your Petitioner and his said wife have had issue of their said marriage of whom

and ages).

5. That on the

between that day and

children, survive; that is to say (give names

day of

in

and on other days

the said C. B. at

committed adultery with X. Y.

(Or)

That during the

day of

years immediately preceding the

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(or as the case may be) X. Y. frequently visited the said C. B. at

and that, on divers occasions during the said the said C. B. committed adultery

period at

with the said X. Y.

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6. That no collusion or connivance exists between your Petitioner and his said wife, or between your Petitioner and the said X, Y, for the purpose of obtaining a dissolution of the said marriage or for any other purpose.

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that this Honourable Court will decree a dissolution of the said marriage, that your Petitioner may have the eustody of his said children (and that the said X. Y. do pay the sum of $ as damages by reason of his having committed adultery with your Petitioner's said wife, such damages to be paid to your Petitioner or otherwise paid or applied as to this Honourable Court may seem fit, or as the case may be).

(Signed) A. B.

The address for service of the Petitioner is

I, A. B., make oath and say that the statements contained in the foregoing petition are to the best of my knowledge, information and belief in all respects true.

Sworn at the

day of

Before me

Commissioner to administer oaths

No. 3.

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(Signed) A. B.

PETITION BY A WIFE FOR DISSOLUTION OF HER MARRIAGE, CONTAINING EXAMPLES OF VARIOUS CHARGES ON WHICH SUCA A PETITION MAY

BE GROUNDED.

(General Heading).

The Petition of C. B. (state place of residence).

SHEWETH:

1. That the domicile of your Petitioner and of her husband the said A. B. is within the Colony of Hong Kong.

2. That your Petitioner, then C. D. (spinster or widow, as the case may be), was on the

day of

married to A. B. (description), at present residing at

at (insert place of marriage as in Form 2).

lawfully

3. That the said marriage was a Christian marriage (or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage).

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