Chapter Number and Title of Enactment
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Chapter: | 178 | Title: | MARRIAGE REFORM ORDINANCE |  | |
: If this pencil mark appears at the beginning of a provision, that provision is subject to amendments that are already in operation but have not yet been incorporated in its text.
| Cap 178 | Long title | |
| Cap 178 Part I | PRELIMINARY | |
| Cap 178 s 1 | Short title | |
| Cap 178 s 2 | Interpretation | |
| Cap 178 s 3 | (Repealed 34 of 1999 s. 3) | |
| Cap 178 Part II | MARRIAGES ON AND AFTER APPOINTED DAY | |
| Cap 178 s 4 | Marriages on and after appointed day to be monogamous | |
| Cap 178 s 5 | Status of concubinage not to be acquired on and after appointed day | |
| Cap 178 s 6 | Kim tiu (έΦ½) marriages not to be entered into | |
| Cap 178 Part III | CUSTOMARY AND MODERN MARRIAGES | |
| Cap 178 s 7 | Customary marriage | |
| Cap 178 s 8 | Validation of modern marriage | |
| Cap 178 Part IV | POST-REGISTRATION OF CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES AND VALIDATED MARRIAGES | |
| Cap 178 s 9 | Registration of customary marriages and validated marriages | |
| Cap 178 s 10 | Power of Registrar | |
| Cap 178 s 11 | Effect of certificate of marriage registered under this Part | |
| Cap 178 s 12 | Correction of error in certificate of marriage | |
| Cap 178 s 13 | Searches may be made and certified copies granted | |
| Cap 178 Part V | DISSOLUTION OF VALIDATED MARRIAGES AND CUSTOMARY MARRIAGES | |
| Cap 178 s 14 | Dissolution of validated marriages | |
| Cap 178 s 15 | Dissolution of certain marriages on and after the appointed day | |
| Cap 178 s 16 | Notice of intention to dissolve marriage | |
| Cap 178 s 17 | Parties may appear before designated public officer | |
| Cap 178 s 18 | Functions of designated public officer | |
| Cap 178 s 19 | Memorandum of dissolution of marriage | |
| Cap 178 s 20 | Registration of memorandum for dissolution of marriage | |
| Cap 178 s 21 | Register of dissolutions of marriage | |
| Cap 178 s 22 | Chief Executive may designate public officers | |
| Cap 178 Part VA | VALIDATION OF DISSOLUTION IN HONG KONG OF CERTAIN MARRIAGES CELEBRATED IN CHINA | |
| Cap 178 s 22A | Validation of dissolution of certain Chinese marriages | |
| Cap 178 Part VI | MISCELLANEOUS | |
| Cap 178 s 23 | Penalty for removing, etc. records | |
| Cap 178 s 24 | Power to make regulations |
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