ORDINANCES No. 4 of 1851 AND No. 1 of 1852.
Jurors.
Marriage.
257
22. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Ordinance wherever in describing any person or party, matter or thing, the word importing the singular number only is used, the same shall be understood to include, and shall be applied to, several persons or parties as well as one person or party, and several matters or things as well as one matter or thing, respectively, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.
Interpretation clause.
SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.
Summons to Jurors.
Mr. A. B.
You are hereby summoned to appear as a juror at the Supreme Court to be holden at in this Colony, on the day of next, and there to attend from day to day until you shall be discharged from the said Court.
(Signed),
C. D.,―Sheriff.
N.B.-The penalty for disobedience hereto is any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.]
No. 1 of 1852.
An Ordinance for certain Marriages in the Colony of Hongkong.
[16th March, 1852.]
WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend the law of marriages in the said Colony Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, in every case of marriage intended to be solemnized in the said Colony where one or both of the parties is or are a person or persons professing the Christian religion, such marriage may be solemnized under the provisions of this Ordinance; and where such marriage is intended to be so solemnized, one of the parties shall give notice in writing to a Marriage Registrar of the said Colony to be appointed under the provisions of this Ordinance, both parties having previously resided for a term of not less than seven days in the said Colony, such notice to be in the form of schedule A, to this Ordinance annexed, or to the like effect, and shall state therein the name and surname and the profession or condition of both of the parties intending marriage, the dwelling-place of each of them, and the time, not being less than seven days, during which each has dwelt therein, provided that if either party shall have dwelt in the place stated in the notice during more than one calendar month, it may be stated therein that he or she hath dwelt there one month and upwards.
Title.
Marriage of Christians in Hongkong may be solemnized under this Ordinance.
Notice of intended marriage to be given to a Marriage Registrar of the Colony.
ORDINANCES No. 4 or 1851 AND No. 1 or 1852.
Jurors.
Marriage.
257
22. And be it further enacted and ordained, that in the construction of this Or- dinance wherever in describing any person or party, matter or thing, the word import- ing the singular number only is used, the same shall be understood to include, and shall be applied to, several persons or parties as well as one person or party, and several matters or things as well as one matter or thing, respectively, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.
Interpretation
clause.
SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ORDINANCE REFERS.
Summons to Jurers.
Mr. A. B.
You are hereby summoned to appear as a juror at the Supreme Court to be holden at in this Colony, on the
day of
attend from day to day until you shall be discharged from the said Court.
(Signed),
next, and there to
C. D.,―Sheriff.
N.B.-The penalty for disobedience hercto is any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
[Repealed by Ordinance No. 11 of 1864.]
No. 1 of 1852.
An Ordinance for certain Marriages in the Colony of Hongkong.
W
[16th March, 1852.]
HEREAS it is deemed expedient to amend the law of marriages in the said Colony Be it therefore enacted and ordained by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:
1. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, in every case of marriage intended to be solemnized in the said Colony where one or both of the parties is or are a person or persons professing the Christian religion, such marriage may be sol- emnized under the provisions of this Ordinance; and where such marriage is intended to be so solemnized, one of the parties shall give notice in writing to a Marriage Registrar of the said Colony to be appointed under the provisions of this Ordinance, both parties having previously resided for a term of not less than seven days in the said Colony, such notice to be in the form of schedule A, to this Ordinance annexed, or to the like effect, and shall state therein the name and surname and the profession or condition of both of the parties intending marriage, the dwelling-place of each of them, and the time, not being less than seven days, during which each has dwelt therein, provided that if either party shall have dwelt in the place stated in the notice during more than one calendar month, it may be stated therein that he or she hath dwelt there one month and upwards.
Title.
Marriage of Christians in Hongkong may be solemnized under this Ordi- nance.
Notice of intend-- ed marriage to be given to a Marriage Regis trar of the Co- lony.
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