CO129-247 - Acting Governor Fleming Governor Des Voeus - 1890 [10-12] — Page 240

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prior to the issue

to the issue of the certificate, the clergymen

who performed the

ceremony

A vas

doubt

having procured the certificate,

Knowledge

are

and the same.

and

acquiescence.

necessary

to render a

marriage

null

if performed

any

guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to punishment under section 31 of the Ordinance, but to make the marriage void it would have to be proved

under Section 29 that

- both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesced

in its celebration without

having

other but a licensed

place of worship. To prove

such knowledge and

parties would

acquiescence

the part of

both

necessarily

many

very difficult _ so that in

instances, whether

of the Ordinance

the provisions of

are

adhered to

not, it is

impossible

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14 15 239 prior to the issue to the issue of the certificate, the clergymen who performed the ceremony A vas F doubt having procured the certificate, Knowledge are ¿ and the same. and acquiescence. necessary to render a marriage null if performed in any guilty of a misdemeanour and liable to punishment under section 31 of the Ordinance, but to make the marriage void it would have to be proved under Section 29 that - both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in its celebration without having other but a licensed place of worship. To prove such knowledge and n parties would acquiescence the part of both necessarily be many very difficult _ so that in instances, whether of the Ordinance the provisions of are adhered to not, it is impossible Page 240 Page 241

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14 15 239 prior to the issue to the issue of the certificate, the clergymen who performed the ceremony A vas F doubt having procured the certificate, Knowledge are ¿ and the same. and acquiescence. necessary to render a marriage null if performed in any quilty of a misdemeanour and liable to punishment under section 31 of the Ordinance, but to make. the marriage void it. would have to be proved under Section 29 that - both parties knowingly. and wilfully acquiesced in its celebration without having other but a licensed place of worship. To prove such knowledge and n parties would acquiescence the part of both necessarily be many very difficult _ so that in instances, whether of the Ordinance the provisions of are adhered to not, it is impossible Page 240Page 241

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