90 Marriage Of British Subjects Facilities

• Author: Ralph Hone
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CHAPTER 90.

MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS FACILITIES.

AN ACT TO FACILITATE MARRIAGES BETWEEN BRITISH SUBJECTS RESIDENT IN THE COLONY AND BRITISH SUBJECTS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND.

[26th June 1917.1

1. This Act may be cited as The Marriage of British Subjects Facilities Act.

2. -(1) When a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in the Colony between a British subject resident in the Colony and a British subject resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland, a certificate for marriage lawfully issued in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland, as the case may be, shall, in the Colony, have the same effect as a certificate for marriage issued in the Colony by a registrar of marriages or marriage officer.

(2) When a marriage is intended to be solemnized or contracted in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland between a British subject resident in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland and a British subject resident in the Colony, a registrar's certificate of due publication of notice to marry, or a marriage officer's certificate of the due publication of banns, may be issued in the Colony in the like manner as if the marriage was to be solemnized or contracted under circumstances requiring the issue of such a certificate, and as if both such British subjects were resident...