CAP. 181]
Marriage
[1984 Ed.
offences.
Marriages under this Ordinance are Christian or equivalent thereto.
Recognition of
certificates issued in the United Kingdom;
(e) where the marriage is celebrated by a minister, the minister shall, within 7 days from the celebration thereof, forward such certificate to the Registrar, to be filed in his office.
(Replaced, I of 1960, s. 18)
(2) No marriage in articulo mortis shall revoke any will or codicil previously made by either of the parties to such marriage, but such will or codicil shall have the same validity as if such marriage had not taken place. (3 of 1893, s. 3, incorporated)
(3) Any person who-
(a) knowingly celebrates any marriage in purported pursuance of this section contrary to or not in accordance with any provision thereof; or
(b) not being legally competent, celebrates any marriage under this section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily, and shall be liable to a fine of $2,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years. (3 of 1893, s. 4(1), incorporated. Amended, 30 of 1911, s. 2; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; I of 1912, Schedule; 2 of 1912, Schedule; 27 of 1937, Schedule; 20 of 1948, s. 4; 22 of 1950, s. 3 and Schedule, and 1 of 1960, s. 18)
(4) Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage under this section, fails to transmit the certificate thereof in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (e) of the proviso to subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine of $250. (3 of 1893, s. 4(2), incorporated. Amended, 50 of 1911; 21 of 1912, s. 2; 5 of 1924, Schedule; 20 of 1948, s. 4; 22 of 1950, Schedule, and 1 of 1960, s. 18)
40. (1) Every marriage under this Ordinance shall be a Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage.
(2) The expression "Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage" implies a formal ceremony recognized by the law as involving the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
(Replaced, 34 of 1932, s. 3)
41. (1) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in the Colony between a Commonwealth Citizen resident in the Colony and a Commonwealth Citizen resident in the United Kingdom, a certificate for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar in England and a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar, and a certificate of proclamation of banns in Scotland, and a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar in Northern Ireland, shall in the Colony have the same effect as a certificate of receipt of notice of marriage issued by the Registrar in the Colony. (Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 14; 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
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CAP. 181]
Marriage
[1984 Ed.
offences.
Marriages under this Ordinance are Christian or equivalent thereto.
Recognition of
certificates issued in the United Kingdom;
(e) where the marriage is celebrated by a minister, the minister shall, within 7 days from the celebration thereof, forward such certificate to the Registrar, to be filed in his office.
(Replaced, I of 1960, s. 18)
(2) No marriage in articulo mortis shall revoke any will or codicil previously made by either of the parties to such marriage, but such will or codicil shall have the same validity as if such marriage had not taken place. (3 of 1893, s. 3, incorporated)
(3) Any person who-
(a) knowingly celebrates any marriage in purported pursuance of this section contrary to or not in accordance with any provision thereof; or
(b) not being legally competent, celebrates any marriage under
this section,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor triable summarily, and shall be liable to a fine of $2,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years. (3 of 1893,
s. 4(1), incorporated. Amended, 30 of 1911, s. 2; 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911; I of 1912, Schedule; 2 of 1912. Schedule; 27 of 1937, Schedule; 20 of 1948, s. 4; 22 of 1950, s. 3 and Schedule, and 1 of 1960, s. 18;
(4) Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage under this section. fails to transmit the certificate thereof in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (e) of the proviso to subsection (1) shall be liable to a fine of $250. (3 of 1893, s. 4(2), incorporated. Amended, 50 of 1911; 21 of 1912, s. 2; 5 of 1924, Schedule: 20 of 1948, s. 4; 22 of 1950, Schedule, and 1 of 1960, s. 18;
40. (1) Every marriage under this Ordinance shall be a Chris- tian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage.
(2) The expression "Christian marriage or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage" implies a formal ceremony recognized by the law as involving the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
↑ Replaced, 34 of 1932, s. 3)
41. (1) Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in the Colony between a Commonwealth Citizen resident in the Colony and a Commonwealth Citizen resident in the United Kingdom, a certificate for marriage issued by a superintendent registrar in England and a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar, and a certificate of proclamation of banns. in Scotland. and a certificate for marriage issued by a registrar in Northern Ireland, shall in the Colony have the same effect as a certificate of receipt of notice of marriage issued by the Registrar in the Colony. (Amended. 5 of 1924, s. 14; 33 of 1939, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 840/40, and 20 of 1948, s. 4)
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