MARRIAGE.
No. 7 of 1875.
149
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 of Marriages shall, on the request of either of the parties, issue a certificate in Form No. 2 in the First Schedule.
9. The Governor may, at any time after a party has given notice as aforesaid, grant a licence, in Form No. 3 in the First Schedule, authorizing the Registrar of Marriages to issue his certificate on or after any day named in such licence.
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.
11. (1) The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special licence, in Form No. 4 in the First Schedule, dispensing with notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the Registrar of Marriages 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 grant such licence without payment of any fee, or on payment of such reduced fee as, in the special circumstances of the case, he may think sufficient.
12. Before the Registrar of Marriages issues any certificate and before the Governor grants any licence, one of the parties to the intended marriage shall appear personally before the Registrar of Marriages and make affidavit (which the Registrar of Marriages 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.
12A. No licence of the Governor and no certificate of the Registrar of Marriages shall be issued under this Ordinance if either party to the intended marriage is under the age of sixteen years.
* As amended by No. 14 of 1926 [15.10.26]. † As amended by No. 13 of 1934 [29.6.34].
No licence or certificate to be issued if either party is under 16 years.