Hong Kong Ordinances

MARRIAGE REFORM ORDINANCE - SECT 5

Status of concubinage not to be acquired on and after appointed day

(1) On or after the appointed day, no man may take a concubine and no woman
may acquire the status of a concubine.

(2) Subsection (1) shall not affect in any way-

   (a)  the status or rights of a concubine lawfully taken before the
        appointed day; or

   (b)  the status or rights of a child, whether born before, on or after the
        appointed day, of a concubine lawfully taken before the appointed day.