### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

5L. Decisions of Appeal Board
(1) The Appeal Board may, on an appeal lodged under section 5K against a decision of the Registrar—
(a) confirm the decision appealed against and dismiss the appeal accordingly;
(b) revoke the decision appealed against and substitute any decision that the Registrar could have made for the decision appealed against; or
(c) revoke the decision appealed against.
(2) An appointment cancelled under subsection (1)(b) shall, for the purposes of other provisions of this Ordinance (except section 5K), be regarded as being cancelled under section 5D(1).
(3) If the Appeal Board gives under subsection (1)(b) a notice that the Registrar could have given under section 5D(9), the notice shall, for the purposes of other provisions of this Ordinance (except section 5K), be regarded as a notice given under section 5D(9).
(4) An appointment suspended under subsection (1)(b) shall, for the purposes of other provisions of this Ordinance (except section 5K), be regarded as being suspended under section 5E(1).

5M. Decision of Appeal Board is final
The decision of the Appeal Board on an appeal shall be final.

6. Giving of notice of intended marriage
(1) Whenever any persons desire to marry, one of the proposed parties to the intended marriage shall give a notice of intended marriage to the Registrar in Form 1 in Schedule 1 either directly or through a civil celebrant. (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 1 of 1960 s. 3; 23 of 2005 ss. 6 & 35)
(2) Every notice of intended marriage shall be signed by the party giving the notice. (Amended 23 of 2005 s. 35)
(3) A notice of intended marriage given through a civil celebrant shall—
(a) be accompanied by the prescribed fee for filing and exhibition of the notice; and
(b) subject to section 6A(c), be given within the period of 3 months preceding the proposed date of marriage. (Added 23 of 2005 s. 6)
(4) A notice of intended marriage shall not be invalidated by any change in any information contained in it, but the Registrar may require the parties to make an appropriate amendment to it. (Added 23 of 2005 s. 35)

### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

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)

7. Filing, exhibition and inspection of notice of intended marriage
(1) The Registrar shall file every notice of intended marriage given to him in his office. (Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4)
(2) He shall exhibit one copy of Part I of a notice of intended marriage at the office of the Registrar and may, if he thinks fit, exhibit copies in other conspicuous places open to the public, and shall keep every such copy so exhibited until he issues a certificate as hereinafter mentioned or until the 3 months referred to in section 10 expire. (Amended 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 63 of 1911 Schedule; 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4)
(3) The Registrar may cause all notices of intended marriage filed in his office under this section and copies of Part I of such notices produced for inspection under subsection (4) to be recorded in the form of digital image. (Replaced 80 of 1997 s. 73. Amended 8 of 2006 s. 42)
(4) The Registrar shall, upon request by any person to inspect any notice of intended marriage filed under this section, produce to such person for inspection a copy of Part I of such notice (including any copy in the form of a hard copy of the digital image of such notice) and such copy shall be the same copy to be produced for inspection by any person who makes a request under this subsection. (Replaced 80 of 1997 s. 73. Amended 8 of 2006 s. 42)
(Amended 23 of 2005 s. 36)

### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

8. Supply of forms
The Registrar shall supply forms of notice of intended marriage gratuitously to persons applying for the same.
(Amended 14 of 1926 s. 5; 20 of 1948 s. 4; 23 of 2005 s. 37)

### Marriage Ordinance 《婚姻條例》

10. Notice of intended marriage void unless marriage within 3 months
If the marriage does not take place within 3 months after the giving of the notice of intended marriage, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void, and another notice of intended marriage will be required before the parties can contract a marriage.
(Amended 23 of 2005 s. 39)

11. Grant of special licence
(1) The Chief Executive may, by granting a special licence in Form 3 in Schedule 1—
(a) dispense with—
(i) the notice of intended marriage;
(ii) the certificate of the Registrar; or
(iii) both such notice and such certificate,
in relation to any intended marriage; and
(b) authorize the celebration of a marriage between the parties named in the licence at the place and time specified in the licence. (Replaced 23 of 2005 s. 40)
(2) The Chief Executive may grant a special licence without payment of the prescribed fee, or on payment of such reduced fee as, in the special circumstances of the case, he may think sufficient. (Amended 50 of 1911; 62 of 1911 Schedule; 23 of 2005 s. 40)
(Amended 1 of 1960 s. 6; 71 of 1999 s. 3)

12. Affidavit prior to issue of certificate of the Registrar or grant of special licence
(1) After a notice of intended marriage is given but before a certificate of the Registrar is issued or a special licence is granted in respect of an intended marriage, one of the proposed parties to the intended marriage shall—
(a) appear personally before the Registrar or a civil celebrant; and
(b) make before the Registrar or the civil celebrant, as the case may be, an affidavit—
(i) that the party believes that there is no impediment of kindred or affinity as provided in section 27(1) or any other lawful hindrance to the marriage; and
(ii) that—
(A) the consent to the marriage required by section 14 has been obtained; or
(B) the marriage does not require any consent under section 14.
(2) The Registrar and any civil celebrant shall have power to take an affidavit referred to in subsection (1)(b).
(Replaced 23 of 2005 s. 9)