MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER 181.
MARRIAGE.
[CAP. 181
14 of 1875.
7 of 1875.
To provide a general register of marriages celebrated in the Colony, to authorize in certain cases marriages in articulo mortis, and to facilitate marriages between British subjects resident in this Colony and the United Kingdom.
Originally
[1st March, 1876.]
3 of 1893.
5 of 1916.
15 of 1947. 22 of 1950.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Ordinance.
Short title.
2. In this Ordinance "Registrar" means the Registrar of Marriages appointed under section 3 and any deputy registrar of marriages so appointed.
Interpretation.
Marriages registrars.
3. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to appoint such person as he may please to be Registrar of Marriages, and to appoint deputy registrars of marriages.
(2) It shall not be necessary in any such appointment to name any particular individual and the appointment may be of the holder of an office in the name of the office, in which case the person for the time being performing the duties of such office shall be deemed to have been appointed to be Registrar or a deputy registrar, as the case may be, and all the powers and duties expressed by this or any other Ordinance to be conferred or imposed on the Registrar or on a deputy registrar, as the case may be, shall from time to time be deemed to have been conferred or imposed on the person for the time being performing the duties of such office.
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places of worship.
4. The Governor may license any place of public worship to be a place for the celebration of marriages, and may at any time cancel any such licence.
Licensing of worship.
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5.
Whenever the Governor grants or cancels any such licence, the Registrar shall give public notice thereof in the Gazette.
Notification of licence.
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Marriage.
CHAPTER 181.
MARRIAGE.
[CAP. 181
14 of 1875.
7 of 1875.
To provide a general register of marriages celebrated in the Originally
Colony, to authorize in certain cases marriages in articulo Fraser mortis, and to facilitate marriages between British 3 of 1893. subjects resident in this Colony and the United Kingdom.
[1st March, 1876.]
5 of 1916.
15 of 1947. 22 of 1950.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Short title.
Ordinance.
2. In this Ordinance "Registrar" means the Registrar Interpretation. of Marriages appointed under section 3 and any deputy registrar of marriages so appointed.
Marriages
registrars.
3. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor from time Registrar of to time to appoint such person as he may please to be and deputy Registrar of Marriages, and to appoint deputy registrars of marriages.
(2) It shall not be necessary in any such appointment to name any particular individual and the appointment may be of the holder of an office in the name of the office, in which case the person for the time being performing the duties of such office shall be deemed to have been appointed to be Registrar or a deputy registrar, as the case may be, and all the powers and duties expressed by this or any other Ordinance to be conferred or imposed on the Registrar or on a deputy registrar, as the case may be, shall from time to time be deemed to have been conferred or imposed on the person for the time being performing the duties of such office.
[2]
places of
4. The Governor may license any place of public Licensing of worship to be a place for the celebration of marriages, and worship. may at any time cancel any such licence.
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5.
Whenever the Governor grants or cancels any such Notification licence, the Registrar shall give public notice thereof in the Gazette.
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of licence.
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