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1404 ORDINANCE No. 14 OF 1875.


Marriage.


If no parent 17. If there be no parent or guardian of such party residing in the
or guardian,
Registrar Colony and capable of consenting, the Registrar General may give his
General may
consent. consent in writing to the marriage, if upon enquiry the marriage appear

to him to be proper, and such consent shall be as effectual as ifthe father
or mother or guardian had consented .

Issue of cer 18. Any person whose consent is required as aforesaid may forbid
tificate may
be forbidden . the issue of the Registrar General's certificate by writing the word
" Forbidden " opposite the entry in the marriage notice book, and by
signing his name and the character in which he forbids the issue ; and if
the issue of any certificate be so forbidden , the notice and all proceedings
thereupon shall be void.
The Registrar 19. If either of the parties to the intended marrriage allege that the
General may
enquire into person forbidding the issue is not authorised by law so to do, the
the right to
forbid. Registrar General shall enquire into the matter, and if he be satisfied that
the person is not so authorised, he may proceed to issue the certificate in

due course without reckoning the time that has elapsed since the issue
was forbidden .

For the purposes of such enquiry, or of any enquiry under section 17 ,
the Registrar General may administer an oath to any person.

Appeal to the 20. Ifthe Registrar General considers that the person forbidding the
Supreme
Court. issue is authorised so to do , either of the parties to the intended marriage
may appeal by petition to the Supreme Court, and the court, or any judge
thereof, may hear and determine the matter of the petition in a summary

way.
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.

Penalty for 21. Ifany person wilfully makes any false statement in any affidavit
false state
ment.
as aforesaid , or wilfully makes on oath any false statement or gives any
false answer in any enquiry by the Registrar General, he shall , on
conviction before the Supreme Court, be liable to be imprisoned for any
term not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.

Celebration of marriage.

Marriage in 22. Marriages may hereafter be celebrated in any licensed place of
licensed
places of worship by any competent minister of the church , denomination , or
worship.
body to which such place of worship belongs, and according to the rites