ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1875.
Marriage.
10. The Registrar General shall supply forms of notice gratuitously to persons applying for the same.
11. At any time not more than three months nor (except when the Governor grants a licence) less than fifteen days after the giving of such notice, the Registrar General shall, on the request of either of the parties, issue a certificate in the form A in the schedule hereto.
12. The Governor may, at any time after a party has given notice as aforesaid, grant a licence in the form B in the schedule hereto, authorising the Registrar General to issue his certificate on or after any day named in such licence.
13. If the marriage do not take place within three months after giving the above notice, the notice given and all proceedings thereupon shall be utterly void, and fresh notice will be required before any marriage can be had between the parties.
14. The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special licence in the form C in the schedule hereto, dispensing with notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the Registrar General, or with both, and authorising the celebration of a marriage between the parties named at a place and at a time specified in the licence.
The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant such licence without payment of any fee, or on payment of such reduced fee as under the special circumstances of the case he thinks sufficient.
15. Before the Registrar General issues any certificate, and before the Governor grants any licence, one of the parties to the intended marriage shall appear personally before the Registrar General and make affidavit (which the Registrar General is hereby authorised to take) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or alliance or any other lawful hindrance to the marriage, and either that the consent of the parties required by law to consent to the marriage has been obtained or that no such consent is required.
16. If either party to the intended marriage, not being a widower or a widow, is under twenty-one years of age, the written consent of the father, or (if he be dead or non compos mentis) of the mother, or (if both be dead or non compotes mentis) of the lawful guardian of such party, must be produced to the Registrar General before he issues a certificate, or to the Governor before he grants a licence.
Forms of notice to be supplied gratis.
Registrar General may issue certificate.
After notice the Governor may grant a licence.
If marriage do not take place in three months fresh notice to be given.
Special licence in case of emergency.
Affidavit before issue of certificate or licence.
Consent of parents or guardians to marriage of minors.