FOREIGN MARRIAGE ORDINANCE, 1903

FOREIGN MARRIAGE ORDINANCE, 1903

No, 6 of 1903.

An Ordinance to give effect to an order in Council of the
12th day of March, 1903, relating to the marriages of
British subjects in foreign countries.

[17th July, 1903.]
WHEREAS His Majesty the King, by virtue of the authority
vested in him by the Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, and
with the advice of His Privy Council, has been pleased,
by an Order in Council dated the 12th day of March,
1903, to order that certain modifications of the require-
ments of the said Act as to residence and notice shall have
effect in cases where one only of the parties has dwelt
within the district of the marriage officer mentioned in the
said Act and the other of such parties has dwelt in a
Colony, provided that the law of such Colony shall give
effect to such Order in Council: AND WHEREAS it is
expedient to give effect within this Colony to such Order
in Council:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Foreign Marriage
Ordinance, 1903.

As amended by No. 33 of 1936 [28.8.36].





2. Notice of a marriage intended to be solemnized under the
Foreign Marriage Act, 1892, may be given in writing signed by
the party giving such notice to the Registrar of Marriages by
one of the parties intending such marriage who has had his or
her usual place of abode in the Colony for one week immediately
preceding such notice.

3. Before the issue of such certificate or licence as herein-
after mentioned, the said party shall appear personally before
the Registrar of Marriages, and shall make affidavit, Which the
Registrar of Marriages is hereby authorized to take, that he or
she believes there is not any impediment or objection which
should obstruct the solemnization of the marriage.

4. The Registrar of Marriages shall file every such notice
as aforesaid in his office, and shall, unless such notice has been
published by proclamation of banns, exhibit one copy thereof
at his office, and may if he thinks fit exhibit copies in other
conspicuous places open to the public, and shall enter a copy of
the said notice with the date of such entry in the Marriage
Notice Book kept under the Marriage Ordinance, 1875, and
shall allow any person to inspect such book during office hours
without fee.

5. At any time not less than fifteen days (except when the
Governor shall grant a licence as hereinafter provided) after the
giving of such notice, the Registrar of Marriages, unless he is
aware of any impediment or objection which should obstruct
the solemnization of the marriage, shall, on payment by the
party giving such notice of a fee of one dollar, give to such party
a certificate that the said notice has been given and published
as aforesaid.

6. At any time after the giving of such notice the Governor,
unless he is aware of any impediment or objection, which should
obstruct the solemnization of the marriage, may grant a licence
authorizing the Registrar of Marriages to issue his certificate on
or after any day named in such licence. The fee for such licence
shall be ten dollars.

No. 7 of 1903, repealed by No. 20 of 1913.

Nos. 8 and 9 of 1903, repealed by No. 8 of 1912.

As amended by No. 14 of 1926 [15.10.26].
[Originally No. 6 of 1903. No. 14 of 1926.] 55 & 56 Vict. C. 23, s. 21. Short title. Notice of intended marriage. Affidavit before issue of certificate or licence. Notice to be filed, etc., by Registrar of Marriages. Ordinance No. 7 of 1875. Certificate by Registrar of Marriages. Governor's licence.

[Originally No. 6 of 1903. No. 14 of 1926.] 55 & 56 Vict. C. 23, s. 21. Short title. Notice of intended marriage. Affidavit before issue of certificate or licence. Notice to be filed, etc., by Registrar of Marriages. Ordinance No. 7 of 1875. Certificate by Registrar of Marriages. Governor's licence.

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