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Offences.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
22 of 1950, s. 3.
22 of 1950, Schedule.
Marriages under this Ordinance are Christian or equivalent thereto.
Recognition of certificates issued in the United Kingdom.
5 of 1916, ss. 2 and 3.
Marriage.
(3) (1) Any person who--
(a) knowingly celebrates any marriage in purported pursuance of this section contrary to or not in accordance with any provision thereof; or
(b) not being legally competent, celebrates any marriage under this section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily and liable to a fine of two thousand dollars or imprisonment for two years.
(2) Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage under this section, fails to transmit the certificate thereof in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
41. (1) Every marriage under this Ordinance shall be a Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage.
(2) The expression "Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage" implies a formal ceremony recognized by the law as involving the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
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42. (1) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in this Colony between a British subject resident in this Colony and a British subject resident in the United Kingdom, a certificate for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar in England and a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar, and a certificate of proclamation of banns, in Scotland, and a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar in Northern Ireland, shall in this Colony have the same effect as a certificate of receipt of notice of marriage issued by the Registrar in the Colony.
(2) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in the United Kingdom and a British subject resident in this Colony, a certificate of receipt of notice of marriage may be issued in this Colony in the like manner as if the marriage were to be solemnized or contracted in circumstances requiring a certificate of receipt of notice of marriage and as if both such British subjects were resident in this Colony.
Giving of notice in this Colony in respect of marriage to be solemnized in the United Kingdom.
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