MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS (FACILITIES) ORDINANCE, 1916

MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS (FACILITIES) ORDINANCE, 1916

No. 5 of 1916.

An Ordinance to facilitate marriages between British subjects
resident in this Colony and British subjects resident in the
United 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 con-
tracted 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 Superintendent Registrar
in England and a certificate formarriage 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 this Colony have the same effect as a certificate of receipt
of notice of marriage issued by the Registrar of Marriages in
this Colony.

3. Where a marriage is intended to be solemnized or con-
tracted 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 were
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.

* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp, Sched,
[Originally No. 5 of 1916. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] [cf. 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c.40.] 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 ion 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., 1939.] [cf. 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c.40.] 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 ion 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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