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If no parent or guardian, Registrar General may consent,
Issue of certificate may be forbidden.
The Registrar General may the right to Forbid.
ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1875.
Marriage.
17. If there be no parent or guardian of such party residing in the Colony and capable of consenting, the Registrar General may give his consent in writing to the marriage, if upon enquiry the marriage appear to him to be proper, and such consent shall be as effectual as if the father or mother or guardian had consented.
18. Any person whose consent is required as aforesaid may forbid the issue of the Registrar General's certificate by writing the word "Forbidden" opposite the entry in the marriage notice book, and by signing his name and the character in which he forbids the issue; and if the issue of any certificate be so forbidden, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void.
19. If either of the parties to the intended marriage allege that the person forbidding the issue is not authorised by law so to do, the Registrar General shall enquire into the matter, and if he be satisfied that the person is not so authorised, he may proceed to issue the certificate in due course without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
Appeal to the Supreme Court.
Penalty for false statement.
Marriage in licensed places of worship.
For the purposes of such enquiry, or of any enquiry under section 17, the Registrar General may administer an oath to any person.
20. If the Registrar General considers that the person forbidding the issue is authorised so to do, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the court, or any judge thereof, may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary way.
Such determination shall be final; and the Registrar General shall proceed in accordance therewith, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
21. If any person wilfully makes any false statement in any affidavit as aforesaid, or wilfully makes on oath any false statement or gives any false answer in any enquiry by the Registrar General, he shall, on conviction before the Supreme Court, be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.
Celebration of marriage.
22. Marriages may hereafter be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites
1404
If no parent or guardian, Registrar
General may consent,
Issue of cer- tificate may be forbidden.
The Registrar General may
the right to Forbid.
ORDINANCE No. 14 or 1875.
Marriage.
17. If there be no parent or guardian of such party residing in the Colony and capable of consenting, the Registrar General may give his consent in writing to the marriage, if upon enquiry the marriage appear to him to be proper, and such consent shall be as effectual as if the father or mother or guardian had consented.
18. Any person whose consent is required as aforesaid may forbid the issue of the Registrar General's certificate by writing the word "Forbidden" opposite the entry in the marriage notice book, and by signing his name and the character in which he forbids the issue; and if the issue of any certificate be so forbidden, the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be void.
19. If either of the parties to the intended marrriage allege that the enquire into person forbidding the issue is not authorised by law so to do, the Registrar General shall enquire into the matter, and if he be satisfied that the
is not so authorised, he may proceed to issue the certificate in due course without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
Appeal to the Supreme Court.
Penalty for false stato- ment.
Marriage in licensed
places of worship.
person
For the purposes of such enquiry, or of any enquiry under section 17, For the the Registrar General may administer an oath to any person.
20. If the Registrar General considers that the person forbidding the issue is authorised so to do, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the court, or any judge thereof, may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary
way.
Such determination shall be final; and the Registrar General shall proceed in accordance therewith, without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue was forbidden.
21. If any person wilfully makes any false statement in any affidavit as aforesaid, or wilfully makes on oath any false statement or gives any false answer in any enquiry by the Registrar General, he shall, on conviction before the Supreme Court, be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour,
Celebration of marriage.
22. Marriages may hereafter be celebrated in any licensed place of worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites
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