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FORM OF CERTIFICATE.

Hongkong Ordinance No.

of 1875, sec.

Date

TABLE OF FEES.

Certificate of marriage.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH MARCH, 1875.

Hongkong Ordinance No.

Certificate

of 1875, sec.

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Name of husband

Name of wife

Notice of marriage, section VIII,

Certificate of notice, section XI,

Marriage licence,

Special licence,

Marriage at the office of the Registrar General,

.One dollar. One dollar. ..Five dollars. ..Twenty-five dollars.

.Five dollars.

Statement of Objects and Reasons.

The state of the marriage laws of the Colony has been for some time under the consideration of the Government, and has formed the subject of correspondence with the Secretary of State. The draft of this Bill has been submitted to, and has been ap- proved by the Earl of Carnarvon.

The only Ordinance relating to marriages, No. 1 of 1852, enables parties to contract a Civil Marriage before a Marriage Registrar, and provides for the registration of such marriages, but does not affect marriages solemnized by persons in Holy Orders. There is no official record of marriages so soleranised, the register of St. John's Cathedral and of the Roman Catholic Churches being the private property of the Ecclesiastical autho- rities of the two denominations.

The objects of this Ordinance are:

(1.) To provide a General Register of all marriages hereafter to be celebrated in the Colony, without prejudice to the existing Church Registers, if the authorities think fit to continue them as well.

(2.) To place all denominations upon an equal footing in respect to the celebration of marriage, and to enable all competent ministers of all places of public worship to celebrate marriage, when the requirements of the civil power as to notice, &c. have been complied with. At the present time, ministers of religion who are not in Holy Orders can only marry persons belonging to their denomination if a Marriage Registrar be present: and if the formalities prescribed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1852 have been duly performed.

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by (or before) me,

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This marriage was solemnized be- tween us,

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sence of us,

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