1901_MARRIAGE_ORDINANCE__1875 — Page 2

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A.D. 1875.]

MARRIAGE.

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(4.) He shall allow any person to inspect such book during office hours without fee.

7. The Registrar General shall supply forms of notice gratuitously to Supply of persons applying for the same.

forms of notice.

8. At any time not more than three months or (except when the Issue of Governor grants a licence) less than fifteen days after the giving of such certificate. notice, the Registrar General shall, on the request of either of the parties, issue a certificate in the Form No. 2 in the First Schedule to this Ordi- First Sche-

nance.

9. The Governor may, at any time after a party has given notice as aforesaid, grant a licence, in the Form No. 3 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, authorizing the Registrar General to issue his certificate on or after any day named in such licence.

10. If the marriage does not take place within three months after the giving of the above-mentioned notice, the notice given and all pro- ceedings thereupon shall be utterly void, and frosh notice will be re- quired before any marriage can be had between the parties.

11. (1.) The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special licence, in the Form No. 4 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, dispensing with notice as aforesaid, or with the certificate of the Registrar General, or with both, and authorizing the celebration of a marriage between the parties named at a place and at a time specified in the licence.

(2.) The Governor may, when he sees fit, grant such licence without payment of any fee, or on payment of such reduced fee as, under the special circumstances of the case, he may think sufficient.

dule: Form No. 2.

Grant of

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No. 3.

Avoidance of marriage not celebrated

notice if

within three months.

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No. 4.

before issue

or grant of

12. Before the Registrar General issues any certificate and before - Making of the Governor grants any licence, one of the parties to the intended affidavit marriage shall appear personally before the Registrar General and make of certificate affidavit (which the Registrar General is hereby authorized to take) that he or she believes that there is not any impediment of kindred or alliance. or any other lawful hindrance to the marriage, and either that the con- sent of the parties required by law to consent to the marriage has been obtained or that no such consent is required.

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13. If either party to the intended marriage, not being a widower or Production of a widow, is under twenty-one years of age, the written consent of the father, or, if he is dead or non compos mentis, of the mother, or, if both are dead or non compotes mentis, of the lawful guardian of such party, must be produced to the Registrar General before he issues a certificate or to the Governor before he grants a licence.

14. If there is no parent or guardian of such party residing in the Consent by