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Vanuatu Consolidated Legislation - 1988 |
Commencement: 6 May 1966
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 45
CONTROL OF MARRIAGE
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
2. Age of marriage
3. Consent to marriage
5. Forced marriage
6. Invalidity of marriage
7. Penalties
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CONTROL OF MARRIAGE
To provide for the regulation of marriages.
DETERMINATION OF AGE
AGE OF MARRIAGE
CONSENT TO MARRIAGE
(a) his father and mother;
(b) in the event of either his father or mother being dead, the survivor;
(c) the two persons in whose effective charge he is;
(d) in the event of one or other of the persons referred to in paragraph (c)being dead, the survivor:
Provided that, if there is disagreement between the father and mother or between the persons referred to in paragraph (c) consent shall be deemed to have been given:
Provided further that if consent is refused by the person or persons from whom it is required the magistrate's court in the territorial jurisdiction of which the person to whom such consent has been refused resides may, notwithstanding such refusal, authorise the marriage.
CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGES
(a) that the party or parties thereto, as the case may be, have attained the ages prescribed in section 2;
(b) that, if one or both the parties thereto, as the case may be, are under the age of 21 years, in respect of that or those parties, as the case may be, the provisions of section 3 of this Act have been complied with;
(c) that the parties thereto have freely expressed their consent before at least two witnesses or before the District Commissioner of the District in which they reside.
FORCED MARRIAGE
5. No person shall compel another person of any age to marry against his will.
INVALIDITY OF MARRIAGE
PENALTIES
(2) If any person acts in contravention of the provisions of section 4 he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding VT50,000.
(3) If any person acts in contravention of the provisions of section 5 he shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding VT100,000 or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or to both such fine and imprisonment.
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