Hong Kong Ordinances

MARRIAGE ORDINANCE - SECT 16

Right to forbid issue of certificate of the Registrar

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Any person whose consent to an intended marriage is required under
section 14 may, before the issue of a certificate of the Registrar in respect
of the intended marriage, forbid the issue of the certificate by- (Amended 23
of 2005 s. 42)

        (a)	writing the characters "不准" or the word "Forbidden";


   (b)  signing his name; and

   (c)  stating the capacity in which he forbids the issue, on the copy of the
        notice of intended marriage produced for inspection under
        section 7(4). (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4, 80 of 1997 s.
        74)

(2) If the issue of a certificate of the Registrar is so forbidden, the
notice of intended marriage and all proceedings thereupon shall be void.
(Amended 23 of 2005 s. 42)