Marriage.
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error in
certificate of
marriage.
26. The Registrar 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.
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be made, and
copies
27. The Registrar 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 [25A] place.
marriages.
28. (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 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 duly issued, or by a person not being a competent minister or the Registrar or his deputy, or if either party to the marriage is at the time of its celebration under the age of sixteen years.
(3) But no marriage shall, after celebration, be deemed invalid by reason that any provision of this Ordinance, other than the foregoing, has not been complied with.
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marriages.
29. All marriages celebrated under this Ordinance shall be good and valid in law to all intents and purposes.
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not
etc., minor
consent of
person.
30. Any person who, knowing that the written consent of the proper person as herein prescribed has not been obtained, marries, or assists or procures any other person to marry, a person under the age of twenty-one years, being a widow or widower, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily and liable to imprisonment for two years.
31. Any minister who-
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Offences by minister.
(a) wilfully celebrates a marriage in the case of a
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