1406
Marriages by special licence
at other places.
Certificates how filed.
Certificates or certified copies to be evidence.
Correction of
errors in certificate.
Invalid marriages.
ORDINANCE No. 14 of 1875.
Marriage.
The Registrar General and the parties and witnesses shall thereupon sign duplicate certificates in the form and manner hereinbefore prescribed. The Registrar General shall deliver one certificate to the parties and shall file the other in his office.
25. Whenever the Governor's special licence authorises the celebration of a marriage at a place other than a registered place of worship, or the office of the Registrar General, the Registrar General upon taking the affidavit of one of the parties to the marriage, shall deliver to him a blank certificate of marriage in duplicate, and the minister celebrating the marriage, the parties and two witnesses shall sign the same, in manner hereinbefore prescribed, and the minister shall deliver one certificate to the parties immediately after the marriage and shall transmit the other to the Registrar General within seven days thereafter, and the Registrar General shall file the same in his office.
26. The Registrar General shall register all certificates of marriage filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for easy reference thereto.
27. Any certificate of marriage filed in the office of the Registrar General, or a copy thereof, provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar General, and to be sealed or stamped with his official seal, shall be admissible as evidence of the marriage to which the same relates in any Court of Justice, or before any person now or hereafter having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive and examine evidence.
28. The Registrar General may, when authorised by the Colonial Secretary, correct any clerical error in any certificate of marriage upon production to him of the certificate delivered to the parties, and shall authenticate every such correction by his signature, or by marking the same with his initials, and the date of making the correction.
29. No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
A marriage shall be null and void, if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesce in its celebration in any place other than the office of the Registrar General or a licensed place of worship (except when authorised by special licence), or under a false name or names, or without certificate of notice or licence duly issued, or by a person not being a competent minister, or the Registrar General or his deputy.
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1406
Marriages by special licence
at other places.
Certificates how filed.
Certificates or certified copies to be -evidence.
Correction of
errors in certificate.
Invalid marriages.
ORDINANCE No. 14 or 1875.
Marriage.
The Registrar General and the parties and witnesses shall thereupon sign duplicate certificates in the form and manner hereinbefore prescribed. The Registrar General shall deliver one certificate to the parties and shall file the other in his office.
25. Whenever the Governor's special licence authorises the celebra- tion of a marriage at a place other than a registered place of worship, or the office of the Registrar General, the Registrar General upon taking the affidavit of one of the parties to the marriage, shall deliver to him a blank certificate of marriage in duplicate, and the minister celebrating the marriage, the parties and two witnesses shall sign the same, in manner herein before prescribed, and the minister shall deliver one certificate to the parties immediately after the marriage and shall transmit the other to the Registrar General within seven days thereafter, and the Registrar General shall file the same in his office.
26. The Registrar General sliall register all certificate of marriage filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for
reference thereto.
easy
27. Any certificate of marriage filed in the office of the Registrar General, or a copy thereof, provided it purport to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar General, and to be scaled or stamped with his official seal, shall be admissible as evidence of the marriage to which the same relates in any Court of Justice, or before any person now or hereafter having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive and examine evidence.
28. The Registrar General may, when authorised by the Colonial Secretary, correct any clerical error in any certificate of marriage upon production to him of the certificate delivered to the parties, and shall authenticate every such correction by his signature, or by marking the same with his initials, and the date of making the correction.
29. No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
A marriage shall be null and void, if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesce in its celebration in any place other than the office of the Registrar General or a licensed place of worship. (except when authorised by special licence), or under a false name or names, or without certificate of notice or licence duly issued, or by a person not being a competent minister, or the Registrar General or his deputy.
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