1964 Ed.]
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shall be taken without the consent of the Attorney General against a minister who has not so complied in respect of a marriage to which this Ordinance applies.
7.
minister.
Every minister who has officiated at a marriage to which Certificate by this Ordinance applies and who has not already given the parties officiating a certificate in the prescribed form under the principal Ordinance shall, at the request of either party, give such a certificate:
Provided that if such minister satisfies the Registrar that he is unable to give such a certificate because he is unable to secure the signatures of the two witnesses to the marriage and has no certificate with their signatures in his possession, or because he is unable to obtain information necessary to enable him to complete the certificate, it shall suffice if the officiating minister, with the consent of the Registrar, gives a certificate which, in lieu of being signed by two witnesses of the marriage, states the names of two such witnesses and gives such information as he and the parties or either of them are able to supply.
(Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4)
8. A certificate in the prescribed form under the principal Ordinance whether given before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, or a certificate in the alternative form authorized by section 7 if countersigned by the Registrar, shall, if given in respect of a marriage to which this Ordinance applies, be admissible as evidence of the marriage to which the same relates in any court or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence.
(Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4)
9. (1) The Registrar shall collect and preserve in a register in a convenient form such information in relation to marriages to which this Ordinance applies as has already been, or may subsequently be, furnished to him, and shall for a fee of five dollars supply any person requiring it with the information in his possession regarding a particular marriage.
(2) The Registrar shall enter in a convenient place in such register the fact of his consent in any particular case to the form of certificate secondly referred to in section 7, and shall note on such certificate that his consent was obtained and sign the same.
Effect of certificate of marriage issued by the officiating minister.
Duties of the Registrar.
10. The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing-
(a) rules, forms and fees for any application by an officiating minister for the Registrar's consent under section 7 and for information under section 9:
(b) for further cases in which an officiating minister should be relieved from penalties notwithstanding that he has been unable to give any certificate under section 7;
(c) generally for carrying this Ordinance into effect.
1964 Ed.]
Marriage (War Period) (Validity).
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shall be taken without the consent of the Attorney General against a minister who has not so complied in respect of a marriage to which this Ordinance applies.
7.
minister.
Every minister who has officiated at a marriage to which Certificate by this Ordinance applies and who has not already given the parties officiating a certificate in the prescribed form under the principal Ordinance shall, at the request of either party, give such a certificate:
Provided that if such minister satisfies the Registrar that he is unable to give such a certificate because he is unable to secure the signatures of the two witnesses to the marriage and has no certificate with their signatures in his possession, or because he is unable to obtain information necessary to enable him to complete the certificate, it shall suffice if the officiating minister, with the consent of the Registrar, gives a certificate which, in lieu of being signed by two witnesses of the marriage, states the names of two such witnesses and gives such information as he and the parties or either of them are able to supply.
(Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4)
8. A certificate in the prescribed form under the principal Ordinance whether given before or after the commencement of this Ordinance, or a certificate in the alternative form authorized by section 7 if countersigned by the Registrar, shall, if given in respect of a marriage to which this Ordinance applies, be admis- sible as evidence of the marriage to which the same relates in any court or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence.
(Amended, 20 of 1948, s. 4)
9. (1) The Registrar shall collect and preserve in a register in a convenient form such information in relation to marriages to which this Ordinance applies as has already been, or may subse- quently be, furnished to him, and shall for a fee of five dollars supply any person requiring it with the information in his posses- sion regarding a particular marriage.
(2) The Registrar shall enter in a convenient place in such register the fact of his consent in any particular case to the form of certificate secondly referred to in section 7, and shall note on such certificate that his consent was obtained and sign the same.
Effect of
certificate of marriage issued by the officiating minister.
Duties of the Registrar.
10. The Governor in Council may make regulations Regulations. prescribing-
(a) rules, forms and fees for any application by an officiating minister for the Registrar's consent under section 7 and for information under section 9:
(b) for further cases in which an officiating minister should be relieved from penalties notwithstanding that he has been unable to give any certificate under section 7; (c) generally for carrying this Ordinance into effect.
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