693988-1875-Marriage-Ordinance--Since-Repealed-by-Ord-No-14-- — Page 2

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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH APRIL, 1875.

NOTICE OF MARRIAGE.

To the Registrar General of Hongkong.

I hereby give you notice that a marriage is intended to be had, within three months from the date hereof, between me and the other party herein named.

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Name.

Condition.

Rank

or Age. Profession.

Dwelling Place,

Consent, if any, by whom given.

Name of

Bachelor

or

Bridegroom, Widower,

Name of

Spinster

or

Bride,

Widow,

Witness my hand this

day of

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(Signature of party giving the notice.)

Every such notice shall be signed by the party giving notice.

the Registrar

IX. The Registrar General shall file every such notice in his Notices to be office;

he shall expose one copy of such notice in a conspicuous filed and place open to the public, and keep it so exposed until he issue a copies made by certificate as hereinafter mentioned, or until the three months General. expire; he shall also enter a copy of the said notice with the date of such entry in a book to be called the Marriage Notice Book, and shall allow any person to inspect such book during office hours without fee.

X. The Registrar General shall supply forms of notice gra- Forms of tuitously to persons applying for the same.

notice to be supplied gratis.

XI. At any time not more than three months nor (except Registrar when the Governor grants a licence) less than fifteen days General may after the giving of such notice, the Registrar General shall, on issue certifi- the request of either of the parties, issue a certificate in the form cate. A in the schedule hereto.

XII. The Governor may, at any time after a party has given After notice notice as aforesaid, grant a licence in the form B in the schedule the Governor hereto, authorizing the Registrar General to issue his certificate may grant a on or after any day named in such licence.

licence.

XIII. If the marriage do not take place within three months If marriage do after giving the above notice, the notice given and all other not take place proceedings thereupon shall be utterly void, and fresh notice in three will be required before any marriage can be had between the notice to be parties.

months fresh

given.

XIV. The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special Special licence licence in the form C in the schedule hereto, dispensing with in case of notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the Registrar emergency. General, or with both, and authorizing the celebration of a marri- age between the parties named, between the hours of six in the forenoon and six in the afternoon, upon a day and at a place specified in the licence.

or licence.

XV. Before the Registrar General issues any certificate, Affidavit and before the Governor grants any licence, one of the parties before issue of to the intended marriage shall appear personally before the certificate Registrar General and make affidavit (which the Registrar General is hereby authorised to take) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or alliance or any other lawful hindrance to the marriage, and either that the consent of the parties required by law to consent to the mar- riage has been obtained or that no such consent is required.

XVI. If either party to the intended marriage, not being a Consent of widower or a widow, is under twenty-one years of age, the written parents or consent of the father, or (if he be dead) of the mother, or (if both guardians to be dead) of the lawful guardian of such party, must be produced marriage of to the Registrar General before he issues a certificate, or to the Governor before he grants a licence.

minors,

gistrar General

XVII. If there be no parent or guardian of such party resid- If no parent or ing in the Colony, the Registrar General may give his consent guardian, Re- in writing to the marriage, if upon enquiry the marriage appear to him to be proper, and such consent shall be as effectual as it may consent. the father or mother or guardian had consented.

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forbidden.

XVIII. Any person whose consent is required as aforesaid Issue of certifi- may forbid the issue of the Registrar General's certificate by cate may be writing the word "Forbidden opposite the entry in the marriage notice book, and by signing his name and the character in which he forbids the issue; and if the issue of any certificate be so forbidden, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void.

XIX. If either of the parties to the intended marriage allege The Registrar that the person forbidding the issue is not authorised by law General may so to do, the Registrar General shall enquire into the matter, enquire into