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of bigamy, and be liable to the punishment inflicted for that grie-vous offence ;" and
(b.) each of the parties shall then say to the other :—
“I call upon all persons here present to witness that I, A.B., do take thee, C.D., to be my lawful wife or husband]."
(4.) The Registrar General and the parties and witnesses shall there-upon sign duplicate certificates in the form and manner hereinbefore prescribed.
(5.) The Registrar General shall deliver one certificate to the parties and shall file the other in his office.
22. Whenever the Governor's special licence authorizes 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, on taking the affidavit of one of the parties to the marriage, shall deliver to him or her 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 certi-ficate 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.
Registration
Registration of Marriages,
23. 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.
of marriage.
Effect of certificate of marriage or certified copy thereof.
Correction of error in certificate of marriage.
Invalid marriages.
24. 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.
25. The Registrar General may, when authorized by the Colonial Secretary to do so, correct any clerical error in any certificate of marriage on 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.
Marriage Law.
26. (1.) No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
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(2.) A wilfully false affidavit or certificate knowingly authorized by a person having authority to give or issue the same, or a certificate not competently made or authenticated, shall be ...
(3.) By reason of the premises or any of them, any person who has not been duly married, or who has contracted a bigamous marriage,
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28. Every person who knowingly and wilfully assists or favours the solemniza-tion of a marriage in any place other than a registered building or the office of the Registrar General, or in any other manner than is authorized by this Ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding ...
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the certificate of marriage, after shall
31. Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, sends or gives or delivers or causes to be sent or given or delivered, any copy of a certificate of marriage not exceeding ...
32. Every Registrar or Deputy Registrar or other person authorized to celebrate marriages under this Ordinance, who knowingly and wilfully celebrates or officiates at any marriage which is void by reason of bigamy, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, in the Supreme Court, shall be liable to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding seven years.
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of bigamy, and be liable to the punishment inflicted for that grie- yous offence ;" and
(b.) each of the parties shall then say to the other :---
“I call upon all persons here present to witness that I, A.B., do take thee, C.D., to be my lawful wife or husband]."
(4.) The Registrar General and the parties and witnesses shall there- upon sign duplicate certificates in the form and manner- hereinbefore prescribed.
(5.) The Registrar General shall deliver one certificate to the parties and shall file the other in his office.
22. Whenever the Governor's special licence authorizes the celebra- special licence tion of a marriage at a place other than a registered place of worship or the office of the Registrar General, the Registrar General, on taking the affidavit of one of the parties to the marriage, shall deliver to him or her 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 certi- ficate 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.
Registration
Registration of Marriages,
23. The Registrar General shall register all certificates of marriage of certificates filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for
easy reference thereto.
of marriage.
Effect of certificate of marriage or certified copy thereof.
Correction of error in certificate of marriage.
Invalid marriages.
24. 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.
25. The Registrar General may, when authorized by the Colonial Secretary to do so, correct any clerical error in any certificate of marriage on 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.
Marriage Law.
26. (1.) No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
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