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Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that this Honourable Court will declare that the said marriage is null and void, and that your Petitioner may have such further and other relief as to this Honourable Court may seem fit.
(Affidavit as in Form No. 2).
To
(Signed) C. D.
No. 18.
CITATION IN SUIT FOR NULLITY,
(General Heading as in Form No. 16.)
C. B.. otherwise C. D., of
Whereas A. B., of
in
in
day of
has filed his
between him
petition against you in the Registry of Our said Court, praying that the ceremony of marriage which took place at in the Colony of Hong Kong on the and you may be pronounced null and void, on the following grounds: (Set out the grounds alleged which must be grounds contained in section 13 of the Ordinance.)
Now this is to command you, etc. (as in Form No. 4).
No. 19.
ANSWERS TO PETITIONS FOR NULLITY,
(General Heading as in Form No. 15.)
The respondent A. B., in person (or by his solicitor), in answer to the petition filed in this cause, saith:-
1. Denial that the ceremony of marriage took place in the Colony and denial that it purported to be a Christian marriage (or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage).
day of
at
the said
2. That on the marriage took place, and it was a valid marriage.
3. That he denies that the said C. D. is related to him as alleged (state facts disproving the alleged relationship).
4. That he denies each and every one of the allegations contained in paragraphs 5, 6 and 9 of the said petition.
5. That the petitioner did consummate the said marriage and that the respondent was at the time of the said marriage, and thence hitherto hath been and still is, apt for coition, as will appear on inspection.
6. That the respondent always has been, and still is, willing to consummate the said marriage, but has been hitherto prevented from doing so by reason of the malformation, etc., of the petitioner,
day of
or at
7. That he denies that on the any time prior thereto he was of unscund mind or incapable of contracting marriage.
8. That he denies that he was on the
day of
or at any other time lawfully married to R. S., as alleged in the said petition.
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays, etc.
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