Hong Kong Regulations

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES RULES - RULE 40

Evidence of marriage outside Hong Kong

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Amendments retroactively made - see 23 of 1998 s. 2

(1) The celebration of a marriage outside Hong Kong and its validity under the
law of the country where it was celebrated may, in any matrimonial proceedings
in which the existence and validity of the marriage is not disputed, be proved
by the evidence of one of the parties to the marriage and the production of a
document purporting to be-

   (a)  a marriage certificate or similar document issued under the law in
        force in that country; or

   (b)  a certified copy of an entry in a register of marriages kept under the
        law in force in that country.

(2) Where a document produced by virtue of paragraph (1) is not in English it
shall, unless otherwise directed, be accompanied by a translation certified by
a notary public or authenticated by affidavit or affirmation.

(3) This rule shall not be construed as precluding the proof of a marriage in
any other manner authorized apart from this rule. (23 of 1998 s. 2) (L.N. 135
of 1972)