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Right to
forbid issue
Marriage.
17. (1) Any person whose consent is required as aforesaid may forbid the issue of the certificate of the Registrar by writing the word "Forbidden" opposite the entry in the marriage notice book, and by signing his name and the character in which he forbids the issue.
Registrar may inquire into right to forbid.
Appeal against decision of Registrar.
Celebration
of marriage in licensed place of worship.
(2) If the issue of any certificate is so forbidden, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void. [15]
18. (1) If either of the parties to the intended marriage alleges that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is not authorized by law to do so, the Registrar shall inquire into the matter, and if he is satisfied that the person is not so authorized, he may proceed to issue the certificate in due course, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
(2) For the purposes of such inquiry or of any inquiry under section 16 the Registrar may administer an oath to [16] any person.
19. (1) If the Registrar considers that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is authorized to do so, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the court or judge may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary way.
(2) Such determination shall be final; and the Registrar shall proceed in accordance therewith, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden. [17]
20. (1) Marriages may be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and in the presence of two or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister.
(2) No minister shall celebrate any marriage until the parties deliver to him the certificate of the Registrar or the Governor's special licence. [19]
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