FOREIGN MARRIAGE.
No. 6 of 1903.
1001
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2. Notice of a marriage intended to be solemnized under the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, may be given in writing signed by one of the parties intending such marriage who has had his or her usual place of abode in the Colony for one week immediately preceding such notice to the Registrar of Marriages by the party giving such notice.
3. Before the issue of such certificate or licence as herein-after mentioned, the said party shall appear personally before the Registrar of Marriages, and shall make affidavit, which the Registrar of Marriages is hereby authorized to take, that he or she believes there is not any impediment or objection which should obstruct the solemnization of the marriage.
4. The Registrar of Marriages shall file every such notice as aforesaid in his office, and shall, unless such notice has been published by proclamation of banns, exhibit one copy thereof at his office, and may if he thinks fit exhibit copies in other conspicuous places open to the public, and shall enter a copy of the said notice with the date of such entry in the Marriage Notice Book kept under the Marriage Ordinance, 1875, and shall allow any person to inspect such book during office hours without fee.
5. At any time not less than fifteen days (except when the Governor shall grant a licence as hereinafter provided) after the giving of such notice, the Registrar of Marriages, unless he is aware of any impediment or objection which should obstruct the solemnization of the marriage, shall, on payment by the party giving such notice of a fee of one dollar, give to such party a certificate that the said notice has been given and published as aforesaid.
6. At any time after the giving of such notice the Governor, unless he is aware of any impediment or objection which should obstruct the solemnization of the marriage, may grant a licence authorizing the Registrar of Marriages to issue his certificate on or after any day named in such licence. The fee for such licence shall be ten dollars.
No. 7 of 1903, repealed by No. 20 of 1913.
Nos. 8 and 9 of 1903, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.
* As amended by No. 14 of 1926 (15.10.26).