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10. If the marriage does not take place within three months after the giving of the above-mentioned notice, the notice given and all proceedings thereupon shall be utterly void, and fresh notice will be required before any marriage can be had between the parties.
Notice void unless within 3 months.
11.(1) The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special licence, in Form No. 4 in the First Schedule, dispensing with notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs or with both, and authorising the celebration of a marriage between the parties named at a place and at a time specified in the licence.
(2) The Governor may grant such licence without payment of any fee, or on payment of such reduced fee as, in the special circumstances of the case, he may think sufficient.
First Schedule.
Form No. 4.
12. Before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs issues any certificate and before the Governor grants any licence, one of the parties to the intended marriage shall appear personally before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and make affidavit (which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs 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 marriage has been obtained or that no such consent is required.
Affidavit before issue of certificate or grant of licence.
13. If either party to the intended marriage, not being a widower or a widow, is under twenty-one years of age, the written consent of the father, or, if he is dead or non compos mentis, of the mother, or, if both are dead or non compos mentis, of the lawful guardian of such party, must be produced to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs before he issues a certificate or to the Governor before he grants a licence:
consent.
14. If there is no parent or guardian of such party residing in the Colony and capable of consenting, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may give his consent in writing to the marriage, if on inquiry the marriage appears to him to be proper, and such consent shall be as effectual as if the father or mother or guardian had consented.
Consent by Secretary for Chinese Affairs for parent or guardian.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
MARRIAGE.
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10. If the marriage does not take place within three Notice void months after the giving of the above-mentioned notice, the unless notice given and all proceedings thereupon shall be utterly within void, and fresh notice will be required before any marriage 3 months. can be had between the parties.
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11-(1) The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a Grant of special licence, in Form No. 4 in the First Schedule, dispens- special ing with notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the case of Secretary for Chinese Affairs or with both, and authorising emergency. the celebration of a marriage between the parties named at a place and at a time specified in the licence.
(2) The Governor may grant such licence without payment of any fee, or on payment of such reduced fee as, in the special circumstances of the case, he may think sufficient.
First
Schedule.
Form No. 4.
before issue
12. Before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs issues any Affidavit certificate and before the Governor grants any licence, one bef certificate of the parties to the intended marriage shall appear personally or grant of before the Secretary for Chinese Affairs and make affidavit licence. (which the Secretary for Chinese Affairs is hereby authorised to take) that he or she believes that there is not any impedi- ment 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 marriage has been obtain- ed or that no such consent is required.
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13. If either party to the intended marriage, not being a Production widower or a widow, is under twenty-one years of age, the of written written consent of the father, or, if he is dead or non compos mentis, of the mother, or, if both are dead or non compos mentis, of the lawful guardian of such party, must be produced to the Secretary for Chinese Affairs before he issues a certificate or to the Governor before he grants a licence:
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14. If there is no parent or guardian of such party Consent by residing in the Colony and capable of consenting, the Secretary for Secretary for Chinese Affairs may give his consent in writing Affairs for to the marriage, if on inquiry the marriage appears to him parent or to be proper, and such consent shall be as effectual as if the guardian. father or mother or guardian had consented.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
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