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1368 ORDINANCE No. 4 of 1875 .


Marriage.

Marriages under 29. All marriages celebrated under this Ordinance shall be good and valid in law
this Ordinance
valid. to all intents and purposes.


Marrying miners 30. Whosoever, knowing that the written consent of the proper person as herein
without consent
of proper person. prescribed has not been obtained, shall marry or assist or procure any other person to
marry a minor under the age of twenty-one years, not being a widow or widower, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court , shall
be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding
two years with or without hard labour.


Any minister shall be guilty of a misdemeanor who wilfully celebrates a marriage,
in the case of a minor, without such written consent as herein prescribed , or who
wilfully celebrates a marriage, contrary to any other provision of this Ordinance, or
knowing that any provision of this Ordinance has not been complied with, and upon
conviction thereof, before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of the
court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years.

Penalty for 31. Any minister who, after celebrating a marriage, fails to transmit the certifi
failing to trans
mit certificate of
marriage. cate thereof to the Registrar General within seven days thereafter, shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.


Penalty for 32. Whosoever wilfully removes, defaces , alters, or destroys any copy of a notice
defacing notices.
of intended marriage, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

Persons unduly 33. Whosoever knowingly and wilfully celebrates or pretends to celebrate a
celebrating
marriage. marriage, not being legally competent so to do, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
being convicted thereof before the Supreme Court, shall be liable, at the discretion of
the Court, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years with or without hard
labour.


Penalties. 34. All penalties for offences against this Ordinance may be recovered in a sum
mary way before any Magistrate.


Fees. 35. The fees specified in the schedule hereto shall be paid to the Registrar
General for the several matters to which they are applicable, and shall be by him paid
into the Colonial Treasury.


Forms. 36. The forms contained in the schedule hereto may be used in the cases to
which they are applicable with such alterations as circumstances may render necessary.

Application of 37. This Ordinance shall apply to all marriages where one or both the parties
Ordinance, and
when to come in
force. professes the Christian religion , and shall take effect on a day to be hereafter proclaim
Repeal. ed by the Governor, and from and after such day Ordinance No. 1 of 1852 shall be
and the same is hereby repealed .