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(1) To establish
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(2) To proste continue provisions
the
Ordinance of 1852
relating to Civil
all
to Civil Marriages. (3) Lo provide that
existing Repsters of
Marriages
of
certified copies
the same should be
transmitted to the Registrar.
(4) To prohitect as
in
420
in England Marriages by
any
Minister of religion
unless a
previous Certifiente
had been obtained from the
but on
the pred
the other hand to esence of the Registran apped to compel all
Repictions Haloy
dispense
The
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The
officiating Minister, after the celebration of a marriage to
transmit a
the Registrar.
Certificate to
Bishop Raimondi
took exception
three
to the Ordin
grounds; 1. That +. As Civil marriages
-nance on
were not in Jelly
accordance with Roman Cathetic principles, and at
promoted concubinage.
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