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23. The Registrar shall register all certificates of marriage filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for easy reference thereto.
(Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
24. Any certificate of marriage filed in the office of the Registrar, or a copy thereof, provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar 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 or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 62 of 1911. Schedule; 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
25. The Registrar may 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.
(Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960. s. 13)
26. The Registrar may allow searches to be made amongst all certificates, licences, registers, and indexes in his possession and give a certified copy of any entry therein, and issue a certificate to the effect that there is no record of a marriage between certain persons named having taken place.
(15 of 1902, s. 4, incorporated. Amended. 50 of 1911, s. 4: 8 of 1912, s. 22; 14 of 1926, s. 5; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960, s. 14)
27. (1) No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
(2) A marriage shall be null and void if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesce in its celebration in any place other than the office of the Registrar or a licensed place of worship (except when authorized by a special licence, or when celebrated under the provisions of paragraph (b) of the proviso to section 21(3), or when celebrated under the provisions of section 39), or under a false name or without a certificate of notice or licence duly issued, or by a person not being a competent minister or the Registrar or his deputy, or if either party to the marriage is at the time of its celebration under the age of 16 years. (Replaced, 13 of 1934, s. 4; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960, s. 15)
(3) But no marriage shall, after celebration, be deemed invalid by reason that any provision of this Ordinance, other than the foregoing, has not been complied with.
Registration of certificates of marriage.
Effect of certificate of marriage or certified copy thereof.
Correction of error in certificate of marriage.
Searches may be made, and certified copies granted.
Invalid marriages,
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1984 Ed.]
Marriage
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23. The Registrar shall register all certificates of marriage filed in his office in such order and manner as he thinks best suited for easy reference thereto.
(Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
24. Any certificate of marriage filed in the office of the Regis- trar, or a copy thereof, provided it purports to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar 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 or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 62 of 1911. Schedule; 14 of 1926, s. 5, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
25. The Registrar may correct any clerical error in any certi- ficate 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.
(Amended, 14 of 1926, s. 5; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960. s. 13)
26. The Registrar may allow searches to be made amongst all certificates, licences, registers, and indexes in his possession and give a certified copy of any entry therein, and issue a certificate to the effect that there is no record of a marriage between certain persons named having taken place.
(15 of 1902, s. 4, incorporated. Amended. 50 of 1911, s. 4: 8 of 1912, s. 22; 14 of 1926, s. 5; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960, s. 14)
27. (1) No marriage shall be valid which would be null and void on the ground of kindred or affinity in England or Wales.
(2) A marriage shall be null and void if both parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesce in its celebration in any place other than the office of the Registrar or a licensed place of worship (except when authorized by a special licence, or when celebrated under the provisions of paragraph (b) of the proviso to section 21(3), or when celebrated under the provisions of section 39), or under a false name or without a certificate of notice or licence duly issued, or by a person not being a competent minister or the Registrar or his deputy, or if either party to the marriage is at the time of its celebration under the age of 16 years. (Replaced, 13 of 1934, s. 4; 20 of 1948, s. 4, and 1 of 1960, s. 15)
(3) But no marriage shall, after celebration, be deemed invalid by reason that any provision of this Ordinance, other than the foregoing, has not been complied with.
Registration of certificates of marriage.
Effect of certificate of marriage or certified copy
thereof.
Correction of
error in certificate of marriage.
Searches may be made, and certified copies granted.
Invalid marriages,
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