arly 3 cases,

have

been the subject

& the Gov. has asked on

2 of which

to be made

of fresh proceedings

enquiry

ран

C.A. Maddin & Co. who in the 3rd, case to find

are presumably aching

out whether fresh proceedings

instituted in that case.

have been

file.

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3. Whyte

13.

We approved (in 17 on the '46 file) the proposed validating Ordinance in respect of marriages contracted during the period of enemy occupation subject to

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(a) the deletion of the last three lines of

paragraph 2 of the draft Ordinance behind 16 on the '46 file,

(b) all individuals concerned being warned of the

proposed legislation and given opportunity to make representations,

(c) consideration of the suggestion that the names

of the parties to the marriages should not be included in the schedule to the proposed

Ordinance which should be amended to follow Home Office practice.

The Governor agrees to (a) but (b) he says would be very difficult since 557 marriages at least are involved and not all the parties thereto are in the Colony. I think we should accept his advice that the parties should not be approached both because of the practical difficulty involved and for the reason of policy given at X on page 2 of 1.

I am not clear, however, what are the Governor's objections to substitutenga méthod analogous to the Home Office provisional orders for the schedule quoting the names of the individual parties annexed to the draft Ordinance unless it is again that the number

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