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Right to forbid issue of certificate.
Secretary for Chinese Affairs may right to
No. 7 of 1875,
MARRIAGE.
15. (1) Any person whose consent is required as aforesaid may forbid the issue of the certificate of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by 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.
(2) If the issue of any certificate is so forbidden, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void.
16.—(1) If either of the parties to the intended marriage alleges that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is not authorised by law to do so, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall inquire into the matter, and if he is satisfied that the person is not so authorised, he may proceed to issue the certificate in due course, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
forbid.
Appeal against decision of
(2) For the purposes of such inquiry or of any inquiry under section 14, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may administer an oath to any person.
17. (1) If the Secretary for Chinese Affairs considers that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is authorised to do so, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the court or judge may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary way.
Secretary for Chinese Affairs
Celebration in licensed place of worship.
(2) Such determination shall be final; and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall proceed in accordance therewith, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
[s. 18, rep. No. 21 of 1922.]
19.—(1) Marriages may be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and in the presence of two or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
234
Right to
forbid issue of certificate.
Secretary for Chinese
Affairs may
right to
No. 7 of 1875,
MARRIAGE.
15. (1) Any person whose consent is required as afore- said may forbid the issue of the certificate of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs by 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.
(2) If the issue of any certificate is so forbidden, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void.
16.—(1) If either of the parties to the intended marriage alleges that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate inquire into is not authorised by law to do so, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall inquire into the matter, and if he is satisfied that the person is not so authorised, he may proceed to issue the certificate in due course, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
forbid.
Appeal. against
decision of
(2) For the purposes of such inquiry or of any inquiry under section 14, the Secretary for Chinese Affairs may administer an oath to any person.
17. (1) If the Secretary for Chinese. Affairs considers that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is Secretary for authorised to do so, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the court or judge may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary way.
Chinese
Affairs
Celebration
in licensed
place of worship.
*
(2) Such determination shall be final; and the Secretary for Chinese Affairs shall proceed in accordance therewith, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
[s. 18, rep. No. 21 of 1922.]
19.--(1) Marriages may be celebrated in any licensed of marriage place of worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and in the presence of two or more witnesses, besides the officiat- ing minister.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
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