THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 29, 1934.
HONG KONG.
No. 13 OF 1934.
I assent.
W. PEEL,
L.S.
Governor
29th June, 1934.
An Ordinance to amend the Marriage Ordinance, 1875.
[29th June, 1934.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Amend- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1934.
2. The Marriage Ordinance, 1875, is amended by the Addition of insertion of the following section, numbered 12 A, im- mediately after section 12 thereof :-
12A. No licence of the Governor and no certificate of the Registrar of Marriages shall be issued under this Ordinance if either party to the intended marriage is under the age of sixteen years.
3. Section 13 of the Marriage Ordinance, 1875, is amended by the insertion of the words 'of or over sixteen and' after the word "is" in the second line thereof.
4. Sub-section (2) of section 26 of the Marriage Ordin- ance, 1875,
as amended by the Marriage Amendment Ordinance, 1926, is repealed and the following sub-section is substituted therefor :-
(2) A marriage shall be null and void if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesce in its celebration in any place other than the office of the Registrar of Marriages or a licensed place of worship (except when authorised by a special licence), or under a false name or without a certificate of notice or licence duly issued, or by a person not being a competent minister or the Registrar of Marriages or his deputy, or if either party to the marriage is at the time of its celebration under the age of sixteen years.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 28th day of June, 1934.
new s. 12A to Ordin- ance No. 7 of 1875.
Amendment Ordinance
of s. 13 of
No. 7 of 1875.
Substitu
tion for s. 26, ss. 2,
of Ordin-
ance No. 7 of 1875.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
471
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.