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No. 7 of 1875.

MARRIAGE.

(2) For the purposes of such inquiry or of any inquiry under section 14, the Registrar General may administer an oath to any person.

17.-(1) If the Registrar General considers that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is authorised to do so, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the Court or Judge may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary way.

(2) 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.

18. Every person who-

(1) wilfully makes any false statement in any affidavit as aforesaid; or

Punishment for false statement upon oath.

(2) wilfully makes upon oath any false statement or gives any false answer in any inquiry by the Registrar General, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years.

19.-(1) Marriages may 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 or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and in the presence of two or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister,

(2) No minister shall celebrate any marriage until the parties deliver to him the Registrar General's certificate or the Governor's special licence.

20.-(1) The Registrar General shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the several licensed places of worship books of marriage certificates in duplicate and with butts in the form No. 5 in the 1st schedule.

(2) The certificate shall be signed in duplicate by the officiating minister, by the parties, and by two or more witnesses to the marriage.

* As amended by No. 62 of 1911.

+ As amended by No. 30 of 1911.

§ As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911, but as to the effect of a subsequent Ordinance on this section see No. 3 of 1893.

¶ As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 68 of 1911.

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237 No. 7 of 1875. MARRIAGE. (2) For the purposes of such inquiry or of any inquiry under section 14, the Registrar General may administer an oath to any person. 17.-(1) If the Registrar General considers that the person forbidding the issue of the certificate is authorised to do so, either of the parties to the intended marriage may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the Court or Judge may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary way. (2) 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. 18. Every person who- (1) wilfully makes any false statement in any affidavit as aforesaid; or Punishment for false statement upon oath. (2) wilfully makes upon oath any false statement or gives any false answer in any inquiry by the Registrar General, shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 2 years. 19.-(1) Marriages may 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 or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomination, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and in the presence of two or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister, (2) No minister shall celebrate any marriage until the parties deliver to him the Registrar General's certificate or the Governor's special licence. 20.-(1) The Registrar General shall cause to be prepared and delivered to the several licensed places of worship books of marriage certificates in duplicate and with butts in the form No. 5 in the 1st schedule. (2) The certificate shall be signed in duplicate by the officiating minister, by the parties, and by two or more witnesses to the marriage. * As amended by No. 62 of 1911. + As amended by No. 30 of 1911. § As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911, but as to the effect of a subsequent Ordinance on this section see No. 3 of 1893. As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 68 of 1911.
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19-(1) Marriages may be celebrated in any licensed place of Celebration worship by any competent minister of the church, denomination, sed or body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to place of the rites or usages of marriage observed in such church, denomi- worship. nation, or body, provided that the marriage is celebrated with open doors, and (except in case of a special licence) between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., and in the presence of two or more witnesses, besides the officiating minister,

(2) No minister shall celebrate any marriage until the parties deliver to him the Registrar General's certificate or the Governor's special licence.

20.-(1) The Registrar General shall cause to be prepared and Certificates delivered to the several licensed places of worship books of

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1st schedule in the 1st schedule.

(2) The certificate shall be signed in duplicate by the officiating minister, by the parties, and by two or more witnesses to the marriage.

* As amended by No. 62 of 1911.

+ As amended by No. 30 of 1911.

§ As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 51 of 1911, but as to the

effect of a subsequent Ordinance on this section see No. 3 of 1893.

As amended by No. 50 of 1911 and No. 68 of 1911.

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