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ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1875 . 1401


Marriage.


No. 14 of 1875.

Title.
An Ordinance to provide a general Register of Marriages cele
brated in Hongkong.

[ 7th September, 1875. ]

HEREAS it is expedient that marriages celebrated in the Colony Preamble.
WHERE
of Hongkong should be systematically recorded in one general
register : Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of
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the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as " The Marriage Short title.

Ordinance, 1875."

2. Every minister of religion or other person who has in his custody Existing
registers or
any register or other official record of marriages heretofore celebrated in copies thereof
to bedelivered
the Colony may, within three months after this Ordinance takes effect , to the Regis
trar General.
deliver to the Registrar General the said register or official record , or a
copy thereof, omitting, if desired , any matters of a private or confidential
nature.

3. Every person delivering a copy shall append thereto a certificate Copies to be
certified .
in the following form : —

I , A. B. , & c. , do certify that the above
written pages are a true copy (excepting only matters of

a private or confidential nature ) of the register [ or official
record ] of marriages heretofore celebrated in St. John's Cathedral
Church [ or as the case may be ] and that the original is in my
custody .

Dated the day of 187 .

( Signed , ) . A. B.

4. The Governor may defray, from the public revenue of the Colony , Expenses may
be defrayed
all proper expenses connected with the delivery of the said registers or from public
revenue.
official records , or of making and delivering copies thereof.

5. The Registrar General shall be Registrar of Marriages , and, to Registrar of
marriages and
assist him, the Governor may appoint one or more Deputy Registrars , deputies.

and such deputies may celebrate marriages , and may exercise all the other
powers, and perform all the duties conferred upon the Registrar General
by this Ordinance, and all acts done by a deputy shall be as valid as if
done by the Registrar General.