1368
Marriages under this Ordinance valid.
Marrying minors without consent of proper person
Penalty for
failing to trans-
mit certificate of
marriage.
Penalty for defacing notices.
Persons unduly celebrating marriage.
Penalties.
Fees.
Forms.
Application of
Ordinance, and
when to come in
force.
Repeal.
ORDINANCE No. 4 of 1875.
Marriage.
29. All marriages celebrated under this Ordinance shall be good and valid in law to all intents and purposes.
30. Whosoever, knowing that the written consent of the proper person as herein prescribed has not been obtained, shall marry or assist or procure any other person to marry a minor under the age of twenty-one years, not being a widow or widower, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
Any minister shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who wilfully celebrates a marriage, in the case of a minor, without such written consent as herein prescribed, or who wilfully celebrates a marriage, contrary to any other provision of this Ordinance, or knowing that any provision of this Ordinance has not been complied with, and upon conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years.
31. Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage, fails to transmit the certificate thereof to the Registrar General within seven days thereafter, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
32. Whosoever wilfully removes, defaces, alters, or destroys any copy of a notice of intended marriage, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
33. Whosoever knowingly and wilfully celebrates or pretends to celebrate a marriage, not being legally competent so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
34. All penalties for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before any Magistrate.
35. The fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Registrar General for the several matters to which they are applicable, and shall be by him paid into the Colonial Treasury.
36. The forms contained in the schedule hereto may be used in the cases to which they are applicable with such alterations as circumstances may render necessary.
37. This Ordinance shall apply to all marriages where one or both the parties professes the Christian religion, and shall take effect on a day to be hereafter proclaimed by the Governor, and from and after such day Ordinance No. 1 of 1852 shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
1368
Marriages under this Ordinance valid.
Marrying minors without consent of proper person
Penalty for
failing to trans-
mit certificate of
marriage.
Penalty for defacing notices.
Persons unduly celebrating marriage.
Penalties.
Fees.
Formis.
Application of
Ordinance, and
when to come in
force.
Repeal.
ORDINANCE No. 4 or 1875.
Marriage.
29. All marriages celebrated under this Ordinance shall be good and valid in law to all intents and purposes.
30. Whosoever, knowing that the written consent of the proper person as herein prescribed has not been obtained, shall marry or assist or procure any other person to marry a minor under the age of twenty-one years, not being a widow or widower, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
Any minister shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who wilfully celebrates a marriage, in the case of a minor, without such written consent as herein prescribed, or who wilfully celebrates a marriage, contrary to any other provision of this Ordinance, or knowing that any provision of this Ordinance has not been complied with, and upon conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years.
31. Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage, fails to transmit the certifi- cate thereof to the Registrar General within seven days thereafter, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
32. Whosoever wilfully removes, defaces, alters, or destroys any copy of a notice of intended marriage, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
33. Whosoever knowingly and wilfully celebrates or pretends to celebrate a marriage, not being legally competent so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
34. All penalties for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a sum- mary way before any Magistrate.
35. The fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Registrar General for the several matters to which they are applicable, and shall be by him paid into the Colonial Treasury.
36. The forms contained in the schedule hereto may be used in the cases to which they are applicable with such alterations as circumstances may render necessary.
37. This Ordinance shall apply to all marriages where one or both the parties professes the Christian religion, and shall take effect on a day to be hereafter proclaim- ed by the Governor, and from and after such day Ordinance No. 1 of 1852 shall be and the same is hereby repealed.
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