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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 16, 1934.

1. Article 10 of the Foreign Marriages Orders in Council 1913 and 1925 is hereby revoked, and the following Article shall be substituted therefor :-

"ARTICLE 10.

"If the non-resident party has dwelt in any part of His Majesty's dominions outside Great Britain and Northern Ireland or in any British protectorate or protected State or in any territory in respect of which a mandate has been accepted by His Majesty

"(a) notice shall be given by that party in accordance with any law of that part of His Majesty's dominions or territory or, in the case of India, of the Governor-General of India in Council, as the case may be, giving effect to these Regulations or to any re- pealed or future Order in Council under the Foreign Marriage Act, or in like manner as if the party were about to be married in that place; and a certificate by a marriage registrar or other like officer, of the giving of such notice, shall be obtained by such party, subject always to the law in force permitting of such notice being given and to the said officer being empowered to issue such certificate;

"or alternatively (b) but only in the case of any British colony or of any British protectorate or protected State or of any territory in respect of which a mandate has been ac- cepted by His Majesty and is being exer- cised by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, notice may be given by that party to the marriage officer in whose district such person has dwelt or to any person authorised by the Secretary of State to receive such notices as if he were a marriage officer; and such marriage officer or person shall receive, enter, and post up such notice in the manner and during the period provided by the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, in like manner as if the marriage were to be celebrated by or before himself under the said Act and shall, on payment of the proper fee, give a certificate that the notice has been so given and posted up

and that he is unaware of any impediment."

2. This Order shall come into operation on the 9th day of October, 1933.

3. (1) This Order may be cited as the "Foreign Marriages (Amendment) Order in Council, 1933" and this' Order and the Foreign Marriages Orders in Council 1913 and 1925 may be cited together as the "Foreign Marriages Orders in Council 1913 to 1933".

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