Hong Kong Ordinances

MARRIAGE ORDINANCE - SECT 6A

Provisions applicable where notice of intended marriage is given through civil celebrant

Where a civil celebrant agrees to be a civil celebrant through whom a
notice of intended marriage is given to the Registrar, the civil celebrant
shall, as soon as practicable-

   (a)  accept the notice if it is duly completed and accompanied by the
        prescribed fee for filing and exhibition of the notice;

   (b)  collect the prescribed fee on behalf of the Registrar; and

   (c)  transmit-

        (i)    the notice;

        (ii)   the prescribed fee;

        (iii)  the affidavit taken under section 12 in respect of the intended
               marriage; and

        (iv)   (where applicable) the written consent produced to him under
               section 14(1A), to the Registrar. (Added 23 of 2005 s. 7)