✨ Marriage Act Legislation
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the Registrar at his office, or before a Justice of the Peace or a
Solicitor of the Supreme Court; and be attested by such Registrar,
Justice, or Solicitor, and for every such certificate the Registrar
shall be entitled to a fee of twenty shillings. In all other cases the
Registrar shall not issue his certificate until after the expiration
of fourteen days after the receipt by him of such notice. And
for every certificate as last mentioned he shall be entitled to a
fee of five shillings.
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No such certificate shall be issued by any Registrar if No certificate to be
any lawful impediment be shewn to the satisfaction of such lawful impediment.
Registrar to the issue thereof, nor if the issue of such certificate
shall have been forbidden in manner hereinafter mentioned by
any person or persons authorised in that behalf as hereinafter
provided. -
Before any certificate as aforesaid shall be granted by Declaration to be made
any such Registrar, one of the persons intending marriage shall by person before certi-
appear personally before such Registrar, and shall make ficate granted.
his or her solemn declaration that he or she believes that there
is not any impediment of kindred or alliance, or other lawful
hindrance to the said marriage, and that one of the persons has
for the space of three days immediately before the day of
making such declaration, had his or her place of abode
within the district wherein such marriage is to be solemnized.
And where either of the persons not being a Widow or Widower,
shall be under the age of twenty one years, such declaration
shall further state that the consent of the person or persons
whose consent to such marriage is by law required, has been
obtained thereto, or that there is no person resident in the Colony
having authority to give such consent as the case may be. -
Every such certificate as aforesaid issued by any such The certificate to au-
Registrar, shall be full authority for any Officiating Minister to thorise but not oblige
celebrate any marriage, when both the persons intending to con- Officiating Ministers.
tract such marriage dwell in the same district. But if those persons
dwell in different districts, certificates from the Registrars of both
districts, shall be required. Provided always that no such certifi-
cate or certificates, shall oblige any Officiating Minister to
solemnize, any marriage. -
Whenever a marriage shall not have been celebrated Notice certificate, &c.
within three calendar months after the notice herein require to be good for three
to be given shall have been given to the Registrar such noticd months only.
and any certificate which may have been granted thereupon,
shall be utterly void. -
Every Registrar shall, on the 31st day of March, the Registrars to make
30th June, the 30th September, and the 31st December, in every quarterly returns.
year, make a Return to the Registrar-General of Births Deaths
and Marriages, or to such other Officer as may be appointed by
the Governor in that behalf, of every certificate granted by
such Registrar since his last Return, and of the particulars
stated in every notice received by him
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NZ Gazette 1854, No 35
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Sections detailing Registrar powers, notice requirements, and certificate issuance under the Marriage Act.
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration4 November 1854
Marriage Act, Registrar duties, Certificate issuance, Declarations, Officiating Ministers, Quarterly returns, Legislation