Hong Kong Ordinances

MARRIAGE REFORM ORDINANCE - SECT 19

Memorandum of dissolution of marriage

(1) The parties to a marriage may, within one month of the delivery to them
under section 17 of the prescribed forms by a designated public  officer,
sign, in Hong Kong in the presence of each other and in the presence of 2
other adult persons who shall also sign as attesting witnesses, an agreement
or memorandum in writing for the dissolution of the marriage unequivocally
with effect from registration under section 20.

(2) An agreement or memorandum for the dissolution of a marriage, signed and
witnessed in the manner required by subsection (1), shall have the effect, as
from registration under section 20 of dissolving the marriage.