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1402 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1875 .


Marriage.


The Governor
may license 6. The Governor may license any place of public worship to be a
places of place for the celebration of marriages, and may, at any time, cancel any
worship.
such licence.

Licences to be 7. Whenever the Governor grants or cancels any such licence , the
gazetted.
Registrar General shall give public notice thereof in the Government
Gazette.

Preliminaries to marriage.


Notice of 8. Whenever, after this Ordinance takes effect, any persons desire
intended
marriage. to marry, one of the parties to the intended marriage shall give notice
thereof to the Registrar General in the following form :

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.

Rank or Dwelling Consent, if any ,
Name. Condition. Age.
Profession . Place. by whom given.

Name. Bachelor
of or
Bridegroom, Widower,

Name of Spinster or
Bride, Widow.



Witness my hand this day of 187

(Signature of party giving the notice.)

Every such notice shall be signed by the party giving notice .
Notices to be 9. The Registrar General shall file every such notice in his office ; he
filed and
copies made shall , as heretofore, exhibit one copy of such notice at the Supreme Court
by the Regis
trar General. House , and may, if he thinks fit , exhibit copies in other conspicuous
places open to the public, and shall keep every such copy so exhibited
until he issue a certificate as hereinafter mentioned , or until the three
months 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.