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ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1875.

Marriage.

But no marriage shall, after celebration, be deemed invalid by reason that any provision of this Ordinance other than the foregoing has not been complied with.

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30. All marriages celebrated under this Ordinance shall be good Marriages and valid in, law to all intents and purposes.

31. 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 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.

years,

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.

32. Any minister who,, after celebrating a marriage, fails to transmit the certificate thereof to the Registrar General within seven days there- after, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

33. 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.

under this Ordinance valid.

Marrying minors with- out consent of proper person,

Penalty for failing to transmit certificate of marriage.

Penalty for defacing notices.

Persons undu- ly celebrating

34. Whosoever knowingly and wilfully celebrates or pretends to celebrate a marriage, not being legally competent so to do, shall be guilty marriage. 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.

35. All penalties for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before any Magistrate.

Penalties.

36. The fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Fees. Registrar General for the several matters to which they are applicable, and shall be by him paid into the Colonial Treasury.