Repeal of section 10.
Amendment of marginal note to section 12.
(c) the addition thereto of the following proviso-
5.
6.
"Provided that, where be is satisfied that there are special circumstances justifying his doing so, the Registrar of Marriages may issue such certificate at any time within the period of fifteen days after the giving of such notice.".
Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.
The marginal note to section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion therefrom of the words “in case of emergency”.
Ameadeneat
7.
at section 15.
(a)
Amendment
Section 15 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- the deletion of the full stop at the end thereof and the sub- stitution therefor of a colon;
(b) the addition thereto of the following proviso-
(1 of 1951).
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of setion 15.
(a)
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"Provided that, where the Director of Social Welfare is the guardian or lawful guardian of such party under the provisions of the Protection of Women and Juveniles Ordinance, 1951, and his written consent is produced to the Registrar, the Registrar may issue a certificate or the Governor may grant a special licence, as the case may be, notwithstanding that the written consent of the father or mother of such party has not been produced to him and notwithstanding that such father or mother has forbidden the marriage under the provisions of section 17.”.
Section 16 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- the insertion therein, before the word "guardian” where that word first occurs therein, of the following-
"lawful";
(b) the insertion therein, after the word "consenting", of the
following-
"or if such party satisfies the Registrar that after diligent inquiry such party is unable to trace any such parent or guardian": and
(c) the deletion therefrom of the words "father or mother" and
the substitution therefor of the following-
9.
"parent".
Section 20 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the of section 20. deletion from subsection (1) thereof of the number "6" in both places where it occurs therein and the substitution therefor of the following-
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10. Section 21 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the Amendment deletion from subsection (3) thereof of the comma appearing after the of section 21. word "parties",
11. Section 22 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) the addition thereto, after subsection (2), of the following new
subsection--
“(2A). The marriage shall take place in the office of the Registrar, with open doors, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. : Provided that, in the case of a marriage by special licence, the Registrar may celebrate the marriage in his office or elsewhere as, and at any time, specified in the licence!
Provided further that the Registrar may, where, having regard to the number of persons desiring to be married at a particular place on a particular date, he thinks fit and he has given not less than seven days' notice of his intention to marry such persons at that place on that date by exhibiting a notice to that effect in his office, celebrate the marriages of such persons at that place on that date between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m.**:
(b) the deletion of subsection (3) thereof and the substitution
therefor of the following-
"(3) (4) The marriage shall take place in the presence of two or more witnesses, and in the following
Manner----
(1) the Registrar shall first address the parties to the following effect-
"Before you are joined in matrimony, it is my duty to remind you of the solemn and bind- ing character of a marriage in this Registry (or place), which is in law the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. Know ye, therefore, A.B., and C.D., that, by the public taking of each other as man and wife in my presence and in the presence of the persons now here, and by the subsequent attestation thereof by signing your names to that effect, you become legally married to each other, although no other rite of a civil or religious nature shall take place."; and
(i) each of the parties shall then say to the other-
"I call upon all persons here present to witness that I. A.B., do take thee. C.D., to be my lawful wedded wife (or husband)”.
Amendment of section 22,
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