MARRIAGE.
No. 7 of 1875.
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shall deliver one certificate to the parties, immediately after the marriage, and shall transmit the other to the Registrar of Marriages within seven days thereafter, and the Registrar of Marriages shall file the same in his office.
23. The Registrar of Marriages shall register all certificates of marriage filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for easy reference thereto.
Registration of certificates of marriage.
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24. Any certificate of marriage filed in the office of the Registrar of Marriages, or a copy thereof, provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar of Marriages and to be sealed or stamped with his official seal, shall be admissible as evidence of the marriage to which the same relates in any court or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence.
Effect of certificate of marriage or certified copy thereof.
25. The Registrar of Marriages may, when authorized by the Colonial Secretary to do so, correct any clerical error in any certificate of marriage on production to him of the certificate delivered to the parties, and shall authenticate every such correction by his signature, or by marking the same with his initials, and the date of making the correction.
Correction of certificate of marriage.
25A. The Registrar of Marriages may allow searches to be made amongst all certificates, licences, registers, and indexes in his possession and give a certified copy of any entry therein, and issue a certificate to the effect that there is no record of a marriage between certain persons named having taken place.
Searches may be made, and copies granted.
26.-(1) No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
(2) A marriage shall be null and void if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesce in its celebration in any place other than the office of the Registrar of Marriages or a licensed place of worship (except when authorized by a special licence), or under a false name or without a certificate of notice or licence
* As amended by No. 14 of 1926 [15.10.26].
+ As amended by No. 13 of 1934 [29.6.34].
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