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1364 ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1875 .


Marriage.

Registrar of 5. The Registrar General shall be registrar of marriages, and to assist him, the
marriages and
deputies. Governor may appoint one or more deputy registrars , 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 .
The Governor 6. The Governor may license any place of public worship to be a place for the
may lleence
places of
worship. celebration of marriages, and may, at any time, cancel any such licence.
Licences to be 7. Whenever the Governor grants or cancels any such licence, the Registrar
gazetted.
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 to marry, one
intended
marriage. 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 Consent,
Name. Condition. or Age. Dwelling if any, by whom
place.
profession. given.


Name Bachelor
of or
Bridegroom, Widower,
Name Spinster
of 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 filed 9. The Registrar General shall file every such notice in his office ; he shall expose
and copies made
by the Registrar one copy of such notice in a conspicuous place open to the public, and keep it so exposed
General.
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.

Forms of notice 10. The Registrar General shall supply forms of notice gratuitously to persons
to be supplied
gratis. applying for the same.