A.D. 1875.]
MARRIAGE.
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(4.) He shall allow any person to inspect such book during office hours without fee.
7. The Registrar General shall supply forms of notice gratuitously to persons applying for the same.
Supply of forms of notice.
8. At any time not more than three months or (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 No. 2 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance.
First Schedule: Form No. 2.
9. The Governor may, at any time after a party has given notice as aforesaid, grant a licence, in the Form No. 3 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, authorizing the Registrar General to issue his certificate on or after any day named in such licence.
Grant of licence. First Schedule: Form No. 3.
10. If the marriage does not take place within three months after the giving of the above-mentioned 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.
Avoidance of marriage not celebrated within three months.
11. (1.) The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special licence, in the Form No. 4 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, dispensing with notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the Registrar General, or with both, and authorizing the celebration of a marriage between the parties named at a place and at a time specified in the licence.
(2.) 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 may think sufficient.
Grant of special licence in case of emergency. First Schedule: Form No. 4.
12. 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 authorized 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.
Making of affidavit before issue of certificate or grant of licence.
13. 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 is dead or non compos mentis, of the mother, or, if both are 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.
Production of written consent.
14. If there is no parent or guardian of such party residing in the Colony, the consent of the Registrar General shall be obtained.
Consent by...