MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS (FACILITIES) ORDINANCE, 1916

MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS (FACILITIES) ORDINANCE, 1916

No. 5 of 1916.
An Ordinance to faclilitate marriages between Britlish
subjects resident in this Colony and British subjects
resident in the Unlited Kingdom.

[28th April, 1916.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage of British
Subjects (Facilities) Ordinance, 1916.

2. Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or
contracted in this Colony between a British subject resident
in this Colony and a British subject resident in the United
Kingdom, a certificate for marriage issued by a Superintend-
ent 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 Ireland shall in this Colony have the same
effect as a certificate of receipt of notice of marriage issued
by the Registrar of Marriages in this Colony.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.

3. Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or
contracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject
resident in the United Kingdom and a British subject
resident in this Colony, a certificate of receipt of notice of
marriage may be issued in this Colony in the like manner as
if the marriage was to be solemnized or contracted in
circumstances requiring a certificate of receipt of notice of
marriage and as if both such British subjects were resident
in this Colony.
[Originally No. 5 of 1916. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Recognition of certificates issued in the United Kingdom as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnized in this Colony. Giving of notice in this Colony in respect of marriage to be solemnized in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in this Colony and a British subject resident in the United Kingdom.

[Originally No. 5 of 1916. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.] Short title. Recognition of certificates issued in the United Kingdom as sufficient notice in respect of marriages between British subjects intended to be solemnized in this Colony. Giving of notice in this Colony in respect of marriage to be solemnized in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in this Colony and a British subject resident in the United Kingdom.

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