Hong Kong Ordinances

MARRIAGE REFORM ORDINANCE - SECT 20

Registration of memorandum for dissolution of marriage

The parties to an agreement or memorandum for the dissolution of a marriage
signed under and in accordance with section 19 shall, within 14 days from the
date of signature or such longer period as the designated  public officer
before whom the parties appeared under section 17 may for special reasons in
any particular case permit, register, either personally or through their duly
authorized agent, particulars of the agreement or memorandum for dissolution
of marriage with the designated public officer before whom the parties
appeared under section 17; and that officer shall endorse on the agreement or
memorandum a record of registration under this section.