Introduction to Literary Chinese - Lesson 22, Text 2

Adapted from the 1927 book by J. Brandt
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RULES FOR THE APPLICATION OF LAWS (continued).
Chapter III
Laws relating to the family.
Article 9. The essentials of a marriage are governed by the respective national laws of the parties.
Article 10. The effect of a marriage is governed by the national law of the husband. The property relations between husband and wife are governed by the national law of the husband in effect at the time of the formation of the marriage.
Article 11. A divorce may be decreed upon a ground which, at the time of its occurrence, is by the national law of the husband and the law of China considered as constituting a ground for divorce.
Article 12. The status of a child is governed by the national law of the husband of the mother existing at the time of its birth and, if he (the husband) died before its birth, governed by the law of the country to which he last belonged.
Article 13. The essentials of legitimation of an illegitimate child are governed by the respective national laws of the legitimating parent and the legitimized child. The effect of legitimation is governed by the national law of the legitimating parents.
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