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Chapter: | 181
 | Title: | MARRIAGE ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 10 of 2006 |
| Section: | 18A | Heading: | District Judge may give consent | Version Date: | 13/03/2006 |
(1) If consent is required under section 14 from the relevant person or persons specified in Schedule 3 with respect to a party to an intended marriage, and- (Amended 23 of 2005 s. 45)
- (a) in the case of such person or any of such persons being a guardian, there is no guardian or such guardian is dead;
(b) after diligent enquiry, the party is unable to trace such person or any of such persons;
(c) such person or any of such persons refuses to give consent;
(d) such person or any of such persons is of unsound mind; or
(e) such person or any of such persons has forbidden the issue of the certificate of the Registrar,
(1A) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that where consent is required under section 14 from either parent of the party, subsection (1) shall apply only if the party is unable to obtain such consent from both of his parents. (Added 80 of 1997 s. 31)
(2) The power to make civil procedure rules under section 72 of the District Court Ordinance (Cap 336) shall extend to-
- (a) prescribing the method of application for consent;
(b) prescribing the service of copies of the application and any ancillary documents, if any;
(c) prescribing the procedure to be followed at the hearing of the application including provision for the application to be heard in chambers; and
(d) authorizing the District Judge to call for and receive a report from an officer of the Social Welfare Department or other suitably qualified person before giving consent to a marriage under subsection (1).
"guardian" (監護人) includes-
- (a) any person to whose custody the party is committed by order of the court, other than a parent; and
(b) all of the guardians, if more than one guardian is appointed to act jointly. (Added 80 of 1997 s. 31)
(Added 32 of 1990 s. 17)