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Penalty for failing to register marriage \par 36. Officiating Minister to comply with directions of the Register-General with respect to registration \par 37. Registrar-General to keep registrar \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5264307 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6979097 PART VII}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid6979097 }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6979097 -}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid6979097 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6979097 GENERAL \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6842403 \par 38. Correction of erro}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 rs in register books or records}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6842403 \par 39. Search of records}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6842403 Registrar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid6842403 40. Search of records of Registrar-General \par 41. Form of certified copy \par 42. Certified copies to the evidence \par 43. Officers may take statutory declarations \par 44. Records to be made or dissolutions of marriages \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid461898 45. Convictions for bigamy to be recorded \par 46. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid461898 Records of dissolution of marriage or bigamy to be made in record book}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid461898 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 47. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14356133\charrsid13658605 Recording of changes }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13658605\charrsid13658605 of name in marriage}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 record book}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid10634904 48. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10634904\charrsid10634904 Offence to deny or impugn}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid10634904 validity of lawful marriage}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid10634904 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 49. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 Offence to alter registrar book without authority}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 \par 50. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 Offence to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid13658605 solemnize}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid983964\charrsid13658605 marriage}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 contrary to provisions of this Act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 \par 51. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 Offence to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid13658605 solemnize}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid983964\charrsid13658605 marriage}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 falsely preten}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid13658605 ding to be officiating minister}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid13658605 52}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15999112\charrsid13658605 . }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 Offences in }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid983964\charrsid13658605 connection with false statement}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13658605\charrsid13658605 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 and impr}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid13658605 oper solemnization of marriages}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid13658605 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 53. Offences generally \par 54. Limitation on prosecutions \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6510361\charrsid13658605 55. Legitimation per subsequ}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11759580 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13658605\charrsid13658605 ns}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 matrimon}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13658605\charrsid13658605 ium}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 \par 56. Regulations \par 57. Regulations may prescribe }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13658605\charrsid13658605 fees}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid13658605 \par 58. Disposition of fines and fees \par 59. Repeals and savings \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid6842403 Schedules \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5264307 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2578857 ----------------------------------------}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5264307 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid524844 1973, No. 6 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid524844 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid524844 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to marriage}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5264307\charrsid524844 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 (29}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3688241 May 1973}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid524844 BE}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid524844 IT ENACTED}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 by the Legislat}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 ive Assembly of the Cook Islands in Session }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 assembled,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 and by the authority of the sa}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 me, as follows: \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par 1. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 Short Title and commencement}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) This Act may be}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 cited as the Marriage Act 1973.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) This Act shall come into force on the first day of April, nineteen hundred and seventy-three. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li3600\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin3600\itap0\pararsid2386970 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6979097 PART I - PRELIMI}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 NARY \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 2.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid524844 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 Interpretation}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 "Commonw}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ealth country" means a country that is a member of the British }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 Commonwealth}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of Nations; and includes every territory for whose international relations the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 Government of that country is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 responsible: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 "Deputy Registrar-General" means }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 the person to the time being hol}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ding office as Deputy Registr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 ar-General under the Births and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Deaths Registration}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 Act 1973:}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 Minister of Justice}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 " means the Minister in char}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 ge of the Department of Justice}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 : \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 "Offici}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8868401 ating minister" means a person }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 authorized}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 to act as an officiating minister under this Act: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2386970\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8868401 "Register book}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 " mean}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8868401 s a Marriage Register}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 Book com}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 p}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 lied i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 n accordance with Part VI of this Act: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 "Registrar" means a Registra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 r of Marriages appointed under t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 his Act: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid524844 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 "Registrar-Ge}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 neral" means the person for the time being holding office as Registr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8868401 ar-General under the Births and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 Deaths Registration}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Act }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 19}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 73. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 \par 3. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 Application of Act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 - (1) The provisions of this Act, so far as they relate to capacity to marry, shall apply to the marriage of any person domiciled in the Cook Islands at the time of the marriage, whether the marriage is solemnized in the Cook Islands or elsewhere. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 The provisions of this Act, so far as}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 they relate to the formalities}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 of marriage, including the provisions relating to consents to the marriage of minors, shall apply to any marriage solemnized in the Cook Islands whether or not either of the parties to any such marriage is at t he time being of the marriage domiciled in the Cook Islands. \par \par 4. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 Registrar-General and Deputy Registrar-General}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 (1) The Registrar-General shall be charged with the general administration of this Act. \par \par (2) The Deputy Registrar-General shall, under the control of the Registrar-General, have all the powers, duties and functions of the Registrar-General. \par \par (3) During a vacancy in the office of Registrar-General, or in the case of the absence from duty of the Registrar-General, the Deputy Registrar-General shall have all the powers, duties, and functions of the Registrar-General. \par \par 5. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3298383\charrsid6842403 Appointment of Registrars and Deputy and Acting Registrars}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11361486\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11361486\charrsid6842403 (1) There shall from time to time be appointed such fit persons as may be required to be Registrars of Marriages and Deputy Registrars of Marriages under this Act. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 On}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6510361 e or more Deputy Registrar may}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 be appointed in any case where a Registrar}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11361486\charrsid6842403 is appointed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11361486\charrsid6842403 \par (2) In the case of a vacanc}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 y in the office of any }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11361486\charrsid6842403 Reg}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 istrar, or in the case of the absence from duty of any Registrar, there may be}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2323475\charrsid6842403 appointed to act for him a fit person to be Acting Registrar, and any such person while so}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2323475\charrsid6842403 acting shall have all the powers, duties, and functions}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the Registrar. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2323475\charrsid6842403 \par (3) E}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 very Deputy Registrar shall, under the control}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2323475\charrsid6842403 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the Registrar or Acting Registrar, have all the powers, duties, and functions of the Registrar. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2323475\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (4) During a vacancy in th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2323475\charrsid6842403 e office of the Registrar at any place,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 or during the absence }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 from duty of the Registrar}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 at any place}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 , and so long as no Acting Registrar has been app}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 ointed to act for the Registrar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 , every Deputy }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 Registrar at that place }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 shall }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 have the powers, duties, and }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 functions of the Registrar. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (5) Any appointment }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 to the office }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of Registrar, Deputy }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 Registrar, or Acting Registrar shall }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 be m}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 ade in accordance with the Public Service Act 1969 in the case of persons who are, or a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 fter the a}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 ppointment will be, employed in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the Public Service. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 \par 6. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 Fact of}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 deputies acting conclusive evidence of authority to do so}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 - The fact that the D}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 eputy Registrar-General or any D}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 eputy Registrar or Acting Registra r exercises any power, duty, or function under this Act shall be conclusive evidence of his authority to do so, and no person shall be concerned to inquire whether the occasion has arisen requiring or authorizing him to do so. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12982644 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6979097 PART}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6510361\charrsid6979097 }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6979097 II -OFFICIATING M}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 INISTERS \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 \par 7. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 List of}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 officiating}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ministers}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 - (1) The Registrar-General shall in each year prepare a list of officiating ministers (in this Part of this Act referred to as the list) and shall c}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 ause the list to be published i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 n the Gazette. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) The list shall contain the name of each person entitled under this Act to act an officiating minister and shall be corrected or added to as the occasion may require}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 . }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 The Registrar-General shall cause each correction or addition to the list to be published in the Gazette. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 \par (3) The Registrar-General shall}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 specify in each list published in the Gazette a date on}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 which the list shall some into force}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 an}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 d }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 on that date all previous lists and all}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12982644\charrsid6842403 corrections}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 and additions to any previous list shall be deeme}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 d to be cancelled and of no effect. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 \par 8. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 Officiating Mi}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 nisters of}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 specified religious bodies}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 (1) Subject to the provisions and subsections (2) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 and }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 3}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 )}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 f this}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 section, there shall be entered}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 in the list the name of any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 minister of religion which has }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 been sent to the Registrar-General by any of the religious}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 bodies }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 enumerated in the First }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Schedule to this Act. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5708508\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) The name of any minister of religion which has been sent to the Registrar-General as aforesaid shall be accompanied by a certificate to the effect that the minister is }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 recognized}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 by the religious body as a min}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 ister of religion of that body}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 .}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 \par \par (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 3) The certificate shall be signed by the person or persons within the Cook Islands in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 whom ecclesiastical authority }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 over }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 the religious body is for the ti}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 me being v}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 ested, or reputed to be vested.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 9. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 Officiating ministers of unspecified religiou}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 s b}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 ody}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (1)}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 Subject to the provisions of thi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 s Act there may be entered }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the list the name of any min}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 ister of religion }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 which has bee}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 n sent to the Registrar-General by any religious body not enumerated in the First Schedule to this Act. }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 \par (2) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 The }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 name of any minister of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 religion which has been sent to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 the Registrar-General}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 as}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 aforesaid shall b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 e }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 accompanied by a certificate to the effect that }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the minister}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 is recognized}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 by the religious bo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 dy as a minister of religion of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 that body. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 \par (3) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 The cer}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 tificate shall be signed by the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 recognised head in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Cook Islands }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 of the religious body, } {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 or by two duly}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15020971\charrsid6842403 recognized}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ministers of that body, or by ten adult members thereof. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 \par (4) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Where the certificate is}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 signed by ten adult members of }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the religious body, each signatory to the certificate shall append to his sign}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 ature his description as being }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 a member}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 of the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 religiou}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 s body concerned, and the sig}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 natures and descriptions of the members shall be attested by }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 some person other, t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 han the minister in respect of whom the certificate is given}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 and that person shall}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6369792 ,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 by statutory declaration atta}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 ched to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the certificate, verify the signatures as the genuine signatures of the persons w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 hose signatures they purport to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 be. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 \par 10. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 Other persons entitled to act as officiating ministers}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7096011\charrsid6842403 - (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, there may be entered in the list the name of any adult person }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 belonging to any religious body the constitution or tenets of which do not recognize the office of minister of religion.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 \par (2) The name of any such person shall be sent to the Registrar-General by the religious body concerned and shall be accompanied by a certificate to the effect that the person is accepted by the religious body as a person whose name it desires to be entered in the list. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3) The certificate shall be si}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 gned by ten adult members of the}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 religious body, who shall each append to his signature his description as bein}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 g a member of the body, and the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 signatures and descriptions of the members of the religious body signing }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 certificate shall be attested by some perso}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 n other than the person in resp}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ect of whom the certifica}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 te is given, and the person attesti}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ng the signatures shall, by statutory declaration attached to the certif}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 icate, verify the signatures as}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the genuine signatures of the persons whose signatures they purport to be. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 \par 11. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 Reg}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 istrar-General to enter names of }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 officiating ministers in the list}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid524844 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 - (1) If the Registrar-General is satisfied that any person whose }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 name ha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 s been sent to him for entry in the list pursuant to section 9 or section 10 of this Act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 is of good character and otherwise qualifi}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ed to act as an offi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 ciating M}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 inister, that the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 body to whic}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 h the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 pe}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 rson belongs is a religious b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ody}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 ,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 and that the provisions of this Act in respect of the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 submission}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the name of the person }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 to the Registrar-General have been }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 complied with, the Registr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 ar-General shall enter the name of }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 that person in the list. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2253187 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) If the Registrar-General fails or refuses to enter any name in the list in accordance with this section, he shall, if required to do so by any person who has signed the}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 certificate accompanying the appl}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 ication for the entry of the name}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 in the list, refe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 r the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 matter to the Minister of Justice, who may direct the Registrar-General to enter the nam}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 e of the applicant in the list,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 and the Registrar-General shall thereupon enter the name in the list accordingly. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 \par 12. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 Renewal of list}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 - W}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 here}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 it is desired that any person s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 hall continue to act as an officiat}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 ing minister, his name shall, in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the month of December in each}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 year, be sent to the Registrar-General, and the provisions}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of this Part of this A}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 ct shall apply o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 n any such case as if it were an application for the original }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2709198\charrsid6842403 entry of the name }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 of the person}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 concerned in the list. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 \par 13. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Removal of nam}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 es}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 fro}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 m list}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 - (1) If the Registrar-General is satisfied as to the suspension or deprivation of any M}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 inister of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 religion or other person whose }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 name appears in the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 list he shall remove the nam}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 e o}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 f the minister or other person }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 from the list and shall }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 publish }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 in th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 e Gazette a correction to }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 the list omitting there from the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 name of the minister of religion}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 or other person to whom }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 no notice relates. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 \par (2) If the Registrar-General is satisfied that a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ny }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 person whose name appears in the list has died, or }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 has ceased }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 o be a minister of religion or a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 member of the religious body to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 which he belonged, the Registrar-General shall remove the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 name }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of that person from the list and publish in the Gazette }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 correction to the list omittin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 g there from the name of the Register o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 f religion or other person }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15421413 concerned.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid524844\charrsid8536281 (3)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid8536281 If the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 Mi}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid8536281 nister of Justice is satisfied }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 that any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid8536281 p}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 erson whose name appears on the list has wilfully failed or persistently neglected to register the particulars of any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 m}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid8536281 arriage or to forward to the Registrar-General any }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 document re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 quired to be so forward}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 ed by this Act, the Minister ma}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 y direct}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid8536281 the Registra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 r-General to remove}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 the name of that person fr}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid8536281 om the list, and the Registrar-General}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid8536281 shall take such action as may be necessary to comply with the direction. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5594111\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 14. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 Evidence of list or correc}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 tion to lis}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 - (1) No person shall be entitled}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 to act as an officiating minist}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 er unless his name appears in}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the list. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 \par (2) A copy of the Gazette purporting to contain a copy of any list or of any correction or addition to any list publis hed in the Gazette in accordance with this Part of this Act shall be received in any Court or before any person acting judicially as conclusive evidence of the truth of any statement in any copy published as aforesaid. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15020971\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15020971 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6979097 PART III- RESTRICTIONS OF MARRIAGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 \par 15. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 Marriage of}{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 persons within prohibited degrees of relationship void}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162\charrsid15622162 }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid15622162 -}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a marriage which is forbidden by the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall be void. \par \par (2) Any person}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 who are not within the degrees of consang}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15020971\charrsid6842403 uinity but are within the degre}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912\charrsid6842403 es of affinity prohibited by the said Second Schedule may apply to the High Court for its consent to their marriage, and the Court, if it is satisfied that neither party to the intend ed marriage has by his or her conduct caused or contributed to the cause of the termination of any previous marriage of the other party, may make an order dispensing with the prohibition contained in the Second Schedule to this Act so far as it relates to the parties to the application and, if such an order is made, that prohibition shall cease to apply to the parties.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5521912 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15020971\charrsid6842403 (3) The Registrar of the Court where any order under this section is made shall send a copy in duplicate of the order to the Registrar-General. \par \par (4) No marriage not forbidden by the provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall be void only on the ground of consanguinity or affinity. \par \par 16. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15020971\charrsid6842403 Validation of certain marriages already solemnized}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162\charrsid15622162 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15020971\charrsid6842403 - All }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 marriages solemnized before the commencement of this Act that by virtue of section 15 of this Act would have been valid and lawful if this Act had been in force when they were solemnized shall be deemed to have been and to be valid and lawful, and the iss ue born of any such }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 marriage (whether born before or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 after the commencement of this Act) shall be deemed to have been born in lawful wedlock:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15622162 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 Provided that where either of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the parties to any such marriage has the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 reafter during the lifetime of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the other par}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 ty to}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the marriage and before the commencement of this Act lawfully married any other person, the first marriage }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 shall be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 deemed to have been dissolved immediately}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 before the} {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 solemniz}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8536281 ation of the second marriage:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid15622162 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 Provided also that this section sh}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 all not affect any estate, right, or interest in any real or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 personal property to which any person has become absolutely entitled before }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the commencement of this Act, or affect say proceedings commenced in any Court before the commencement of this Act, or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 any decree, order, }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 or judgment made or given (}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 whether before or after the commen}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 cement of this Act) in any such proce}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 edings. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 \par 17. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 Marriage of persons under sixteen years of age}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162\charrsid15622162 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 (1) A marriage licence shall not be issued by any Registrar and no marriage shall be solemnized by any Registrar or officiating Minister if either of the persons intending marriage is under the age sixteen years on the date of the notice of the intended m arriage given under section 23 of this Act. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) No marriage shall be void by reason only of an infringement of the provisions of this section. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 \par 18. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 Consent to marriage of minors}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 - (1) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 If either of the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 parties to an intended marriage is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 minor and has not pr eviously been married, the Registrar shall not issue a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7693807\charrsid6842403 licence }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 authorizing}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the marriage o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 r solemnize the marriage unless i}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 t has been consented to in accordance with this section. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) Subject to the provisions of this section, consents to the marriage o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 f a minor shall be obtained in accordance wit}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 h the followin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 g provisions:-}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (a) If both the minor's parents are alive and living together, consents shal}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 l be obtained from both parents;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (b) If the minor'}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 s parents are living apart and he is living wit}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 h one parent, consent shall be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 obtained from the parent, with wh}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 om he is living;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 (c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ) If the parents }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid157150 are living}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 apart and the minor is not living with either, consent shall}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 be obtained: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (i) From both paren}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid157150 ts in}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 any case where they are}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 or have been, married to each other, unless the consent}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 of one parent is dispense}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 d w}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 ith by a Jud}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 ge of the High Court;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 (ii) From the m}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 other in any case where }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 the parents have never been mar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ried}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 ;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 (d) If one of the parents}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 is dead and the parents had at any time been married to each other, consent shall be obtained from the surviving parent and any other person who is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 the legal guardian of the minor;}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 (e) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 If}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid157150 both parents are dead and they}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 had at the time}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 been married to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 each other, consent shall be obtained from any person who is }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 the legal guardian of the minor;}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1931926 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (f) If the minor's parents had never been married to each other and one or both of them is dead, consent shall}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 be obtained from the mother if she is a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid157150 live and from }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 any person who is }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the legal guardian of the minor if she is dead. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3) Where a parent whose consent is required or is sufficient is deprived of the Guardianship of a minor, the consent of the legal guardian shall be required or be sufficient,}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 as the ca}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 se may be, in place of the consent of that parent. }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par \par (4) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Consent shall not be required from any person who cannot be found or is, be}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 c}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ause of mental incapacity, unable to give consent and, unless the minor requests the consent, consent shall not be required from any per}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 son who is not resident in the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Cook Islands. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (5) Where there is no}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 person whose consent to the marr}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 iage of a minor is required under the foregoing provisions}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of this section, consent to the marria}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid157150 ge shall be obtained either from}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 a relative who }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 has been acting in the place of }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 a parent}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 or from a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Judge of the}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 Hig}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 h Court. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par (6) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15622162 No marriage sha}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ll be void}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 by reason only}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the absence of the consent of any person whose consent is required under this section. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par 19. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 Application to judge where consent refused}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid12076772 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 (1) Where any person whose consent is required to a marriage refuses to give his consent, a Judge of the High Court may, on application in that behalf, consent to the marriage and that consent shall have the same effect as if it had been given by th e person whose consent has been refused. \par \par (2) Where an application is made to a Judge for consent to a marriage, notice of the application shall be served on every person whose consent to the marriage is required under section 18 of this Act: \par \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12076772 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 Provided that the Judge may in his discretion dispense with the serving of notice on any such person. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par 20. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 General provisions relating to consents}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid12076772 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 (1) Every consent under section 18 of this Act shall be in writing witnessed by some person who, if resident in Cook Islands shall add his occupation and address, and the consent shall be delivered to the Registrar to whom notice of the intended}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 marriage is given.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1931926\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 \par (2) Any consent given under section 18 of this Act may, by notice in writing signed by the person giving his consent, be withdrawn at any time before the Registrar issues the marriage licence or solemnizes the marriage, as the case may be. \par \par 21. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 Marriages without licence or officiating minister void}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid12076772 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 - I}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 f any persons knowingly and wil}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 fully marry without a marriage licence where a marriage licence is required by this Act, or in the absence of an officiating minister or Registrar where the presence of an officiating minister or Registrar is required by this Act, the marriage shall be void. \par \par 22. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 Marriages not to be void because of defects in procedure}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid12076772 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 (1) }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Exce}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid328422\charrsid6842403 pt }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12003007 as provided in}{ 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\cs15\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 defect }{\cs15\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 in}}}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the notice, declaration, or licence required before }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 solemnization, or in the reg}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 istration of the marriage when } {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 solemnized where the ide}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ntity of the parties is n}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 ot questioned, or on account of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 other infrin}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 gement of the provisions of 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P}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 ART IV}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid6979097 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6510361\charrsid6979097 - }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6979097 FORMALITIES PRELIMINARY TO MARRIAGE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 \par 23. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 Notice of marriage}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid12076772 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 -}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14564474\charrsid6842403 (1}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 ) Where}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 two persons intend }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 to marry in the Cook Islands, one of them shall give notice in the prescr ibed form to a Registrar. \par \par (2) The person giving notice shall appear personally before the Registrar and shall make a statutory declaration in the prescribed form that the several particulars set forth in the notice are true, that he believes that the marr iage is not prohibited by section 15 of this Act, and that there is no other lawful impediment to the intended marriage. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 24.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Issue of }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14156324\charrsid6842403 marriage}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 licence}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) If the marriage is}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 to be solemnised by an officiating}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 minister, the Registrar shall, u}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 pon compliance with the requirements of section 23 of this Act, and subject to the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403\charrsid6842403 provisions}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of this Act, not earlier than the third d}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 ay after notice of the intended}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 marriage was given,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 issue in the prescribed form a marriage licence authorising the marriage of the persons named in the licence at}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the place described therein: \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Provided that the Registrar, if he is satisfied that the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 mar}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 riage is not prohibited by this Act, that the requirements of this Act have been complied with, and that inconvenience woul d otherwise be caused to the persons intending marriage, may issue the licence before that day. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par (2) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 The Registrar who has issued a marriage licence may substitute any other place for the place of marriage descr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 ibed in the licence and endorse }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the notice of marriage accordingly. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par 25. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Caveats may be lodged}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) Any person may lodge with any Registrar a caveat against the marriage of any person }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 named in }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the caveat on the ground that the marriage is one in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 respect of which a licenc}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ; should not be issued under this Act.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) Every caveat shall be in writing signed by or on behalf of the caveator, and shall state his full name and residential address and the particular grounds of objection on which the caveat i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 s }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 founded. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3) Notice of any caveat may be given to any Registrar other than the Registrar with whom i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 t was lodged. The notice shall }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 be in writing signed by or on behalf of the caveator, and}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 shall state his full name and residential address, the date and place of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13129366\charrsid6842403 lodgement}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the caveat, and the grounds of objection on which the caveat is founded. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (4) Until the caveat has been withdrawn by the caveator or has been discharged as provided by section 26 of this Act, no licence in respect of the marriage of the person}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 to whom the caveat relates shall be issued by any Registrar with whom}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the caveat has been lodged or to whom notice of the caveat has been given in accordance with this section, and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 no such Registrar }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 shall solemnise the marriage. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 \par 26. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Discharge of caveat}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) On receiving notice under}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 section 23 of this}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 Act of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 an intended marriage}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 against which he is aware that}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 a caveat has been lodged, the Registrar shall submit the caveat to a Judge of}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the High Court who shall forth}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 with}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 inquire into the grou}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ds of objection stated in the caveat, and, if he is of the opinion that those grounds should not }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6842403\charrsid6842403 prevent}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the solemnisation of the marriage, he shall discharge}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 the caveat.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) A caveat shall be deemed to be discharged after the expiration of one year from the date on which it was lodged }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538\charrsid6842403 unless}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 within that time}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 a}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 not}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 ice of the intended marriage to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 which}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 the caveat relates }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 has been given. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 \par (3) Where a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Judge of the High Court has refused to dis}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 char}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ge a caveat any person may make}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 an application to a Judge for t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 he discharge}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 of the caveat and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 the Judge of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the High Court,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 if he is of the opinion that there is }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 no longer any reason why the}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 intended marriage should not be solemnised, shall discharge the caveat.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 27. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538\charrsid3213538 Vexatious}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid3213538 caveat}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2578857 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 A}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 ny} {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 person who has lodged a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1200738 caveat shall, if the cour}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 t cons}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 iders the grounds on which the ca}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538\charrsid6842403 veat}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 was lodged to be vexatious and unreasonable, be liable}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 for damages. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 \par 28. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 Registrar to issue licence unless satisfied marriage unlawful}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 -}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 A Registrar shall issue a marriage licence or solemnise }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 a marriage, as the case m ay be , unless he has reasonable cause to believe that the marriage is prohibited by this Act or that any of the requirements of this Act have not been complied with.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3213538 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 \par 29. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 Licence authorised but not obliges officiating minister to solemnise marriage}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 A ma rriage licence shall authorise but not oblige any officiating minister to solemnise the marriage to which it relates. \par \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7741288 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2578857 PART V -}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid6979097 }{ \caps\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid6979097 solemnisation}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid6979097 OF M}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 A}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid6979097 RRIA}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 GE \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid7741288 {\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid7741288 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 30.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid7741288 When }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 marriage may be s}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid7741288 olem}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 n}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid7741288 i}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 s}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid7741288 ed}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 - (1) A marriage shall}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 not be solemnised by an }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 officiating }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 minister until the marriage licence}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 issued in respect of the marriage has been delivered to him. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) A }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 marriage }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 shall not be solemnised after t}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 he expiration of three months fr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 om the date of the licence issued, in respec}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 t of the marri}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 age. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3).}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 A marriage shall not be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 solemnised b}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 y}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 a Registrar before the t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 h}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ird day after notice of t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 h}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 e intende}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 d marriage has been given to him}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 :}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 Provided that the Re}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 gistrar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 , if he }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 is satisfied that the marriage is not prohibited b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 y}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 this }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Act, that the requirements of this }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7741288 Act have }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 been complied with, a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 d that inconvenience would otherwise }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 b}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 e ca}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 used to the persons intending marriage}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 may solemnise the marriage before that day. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (4)}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 . }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 A marr}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 iage shall not be solemnised by}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536\charrsid6842403 Registrar}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 after the exp}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536\charrsid6842403 iration}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of three months from the date when }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 noti}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 ce}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the intended marri}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 age }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 was }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 given to him, or, whe}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 re a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536\charrsid6842403 caveat}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 has }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 been lodged, after th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 e expiration of three months from the date when the caveat was withdrawn or discharged. \par \par 31. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 Place and form of marriage before officiating}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536\charrsid9569536 minister}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 (1) Every marriage }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 solemnised}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9569536 by an }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 officiating minister shall be solemnised at the place described in the marriage licence iss}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 ued in respect of the marriage.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 \par \par (2) Every such marriage shall take place between the persons named in the licence according to such form and ceremony as they may think fit to adopt and shall be solemnised with open doors in the presence of an officiating minister and two or more witnesses, at anytime between the hours of six in the morning and eight in th e evening. \par \par 32. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 Marriages before Registrar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 (1) The marriage of any persons may, after compliance with the provisions of this Act, be solemnised, with open doors, at the office of and before the Registrar in the presence of two or more witnesses, at any ti me while the office of the Registrar is ordinarily open for the transaction of public business under this Act. \par \par (2) Where any marriage is solemnised before a Registrar, each party to the marriage, in the presence of the Registrar and two witnesses, shall declare: \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4082133 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 I solemnly declare that I do not know of any lawful impediment to this marriage between me A.B., and C.D. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4082133 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12076772 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 and each of the parties to the marriage shall say to the other: \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid479902 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid4082133 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 I c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 ll upon these persons here present to witness that I, A.B., take you, C.D., to be my lawful wedded wife (or husband). \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4082133 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid479902 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902\charrsid6979097 PART }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 V}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid6979097 I}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772\charrsid6979097 -}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 R}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902\charrsid6979097 EGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid479902 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 3}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 3. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 Marriages registers}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 (1) Every officiating minister and every Registrar shall keep for the purpose of recording marriages a book, supplied for the purpose by the Registrar-General, called \'93The Marriage Register Book\'94. \par \par (2) Any person having lawful custody of a register book shall keep the book safely, and any such person who neglig ently loses the book, or wilfully or negligently destroys or defaces any entry in the book to be destroyed or defaced whole the book is in his custody, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. \par \par 34. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 Particulars of marriage to be entered in register book}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12076772 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 (1) Every officiating minister and every Registrar who solemnises a marriage shall forthwith register the particulars of the marriage in the register book in the prescribed form. \par \par (2) A copy of the particulars registered as aforesaid }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11496100 shall be entered on a loose leaf, and the officiating minister or Registrar shall, within ten days after the date of the solemnisation of the marriage, forward the copy to the Registrar-General.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid479902 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11496100 \par (3) Every entry in the reg ister book and every copy of any such entry made in accordance with this section shall be signed by the parties to the marriage to which it relates, by the officiating minister or Registrar who solemnises the marriage, and by two witnesses to the marriage . \par \par (4) If an officiating minister }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid282027 is called upon to solemnise a marriage and at the time no register book is available, he shall enter the particulars of the marriage on a black form instead of in the register book and shall, as soon as practicable, affix t he form in the register book and that form shall be deemed part of the register book.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11496100 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid282027 \par (5) Where any copy of an entry made in accordance with this section is lost or mislaid }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6489458 the Registrar or, as the case may be, the officiating minister shall, at the reque st of the Register-General, make and transmit }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6765463 to the Registrar-General a true copy, certified under the hand of the Registrar or officiating minister, of the entry the copy of which has been lost or mislaid, and the copy transmitted as aforesaid shall be s ubstituted by the Registrar-General for the copy lost or mislaid.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid282027 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6765463 \par 35. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6765463 Penalty for failing to register marriages}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6765463 Any officiating minister or Registrar who solemnises any marriage and who neglects to register the particulars of t he marriage or to forward to the Registrar-General any document required to be so forwarded by this Part of this Act commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. \par \par 36. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6765463 Officiating minister to comply with directions of the Registrar-General }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11302019 with respect to registration}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575\charrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11302019 (1) Where any officiating minister has neglected }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 to register the particulars of any marriage solemnised by him or to forward to the Registrar-General any document required to be so forwarded by this Part of this Act, the Registrar-General may direct the officiating minister to register the particulars or as to forward the document.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6765463 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 \par (2) Any officiating minister who fails to comply with a direction of the Registrar-General under subsection (1) of this section commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. \par \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 37. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid199200 Registrar-General to keep register}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) The Registrar-General shall keep a register containing particulars of all marriages notified to him in accordance with this Act. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) Where particulars of any marriage required to be registered under this Act have not been so registered, or for any reason whatever the Registrar-General has not a copy of}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 any entry under section 34 of this Act relating to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 a}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 mar riage, he may, on receipt of a statutory declaration or such other evidence as he deems sufficient as to the several particulars required to be registered, insert particulars of the marriage in the register kept under this section. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid199200 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 PART VII }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575\charrsid6979097 -}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 G}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6979097 ENER}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6979097 AL \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid199200 {\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid199200 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 38. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid199200 Correction. of errors in register books or records}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) Any c}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 l}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 er}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 ical }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 error, or any error of fact or substance, or any omission in any register book or record may be corrected in the man}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 ner authorised by the Registrar-}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 General.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) For the purpose}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2961565 of this section the Registrar-}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 General may require to be produced a statutory declaration and such other evidence as he may deem necessary.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3) Any person having custody of a register book shall, upon direction by the Registrar-General, make corrections of any errors or omissions in the register book.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (4) Except as provided by this section, no alteration shall be made in any entry in any register}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 book or record after the entry}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 has been completed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 39. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid199200 Search of records of Registrar}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - Every Registrar}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 who has in his custody any notice o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4337581 f}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 marriage or any register book shall, upon the request of any person, cause a search of any such notice or register book to be made, and shall permit that person to inspect any such notice or entry in the register book and to have a copy of any such entry certified under the hand of the Registrar.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 40.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid199200 Search of records of Registrar}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid199200 -General}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) The}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 Registrar-General }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 shall cause indexes of all records of marriages forwarded to him to be made and kept in his office, and shall, upon the request of any person, cause a search of any index to be made, and shall permit any such person to inspect any copy of a marriage entry.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) The Registrar-General shall give a certified copy under his hand or seal to any person of any record of a marriage the particulars of whi}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 ch have been registered by him.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 41.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid199200 F}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid199200 orm of certified co}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid199200 py}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 - (1) Every certif}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 ied copy }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of an entry in a register under this Act shall be}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 in the prescribed form and any }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 such form shall include only such particulars, and }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4337581 shall }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 be used in such circumstances}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 as may be prescribed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 (2) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Every such certified copy made in a prescribed form }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 shall, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 if }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 otherwise}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 correct}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 , be deemed to be a true copy}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of the original entry in the register, notwithstanding that the}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 prescribed particulars do not include all the particulars in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 the original entry.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 42. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid199200 Certified copies to be evidence}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 - (1) A}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 certified copy of an entry }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid4337581 i}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 n a register book purporting to be signed by the officiating minister who solemnised the marriage or by the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 Registrar for the time being having the lawful custody of the register book }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200 shall be }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 received}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8014875 in any Court or before any person acting judicially as }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 prima facie evidence of the }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8014875\charrsid6842403 solemnisation}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8014875 of the marriage to which it}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 relates.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid199200\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 (2) A certified copy of any entry in any register of marriages kept by the Registrar-General shall, if it purports to be signed by the Registrar-General or stamped with his seal, be received in any Court or before any person acting judicially as prima facie evidence of the solemnis ation of the marriage to which it relates. \par \par 43. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 Officers may take statutory declaration}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 Any person for the time being holding the office of Registrar-General or Deputy Registrar-General, or the office of Registrar or Deputy Registrar or Acting Registrar s hall, in respect of any statutory declaration required for the purpose of this Act, be deemed a person duly authorised to take and receive a statutory declaration under section 653 of the Cook Islands Act 1915. \par \par 44. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 Records to be made of dissolution of marriages}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 Upon the making of the decree absolute of dissolution of marriage or a decree of presumption of death and of dissolution }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 of marriage or decr ee of nullity of marriage under the Cook Islands Act 1915 in respect of any marriage solemnised in the Cook Islands, the Registrar of the High Court shall forthwith send to the Registrar-General a certificate in duplicate in the prescribed form of the dec ree.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 \par 45. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 Convictions for bigamy should be recorded}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 (1) Upon the convictions of any persons for bigamy, the Registrar of the Court in which the conviction is entered shall send to the Register-General a certificate in duplicate of the conviction. \par \par (2) The certificate shall specify the names of the parties to the form of marriage in respect of which the offence was committed, the date and place of the offence, and the date of conviction. \par \par 46. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 Records of dissolution of marriage or bigamy to be made in record book}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 (1) On receipt of a certificate under section 44 or section 45 of this Act, the Registrar-General shall cause a memorandum of the particulars disclosed therein to be entered on has }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14302958 the record of the marriage entry.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15090718 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14302958\charrsid15090718 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16390147 (2) The Registrar-General shall send the duplicate certificate to the officiating minister or Registrar having lawful custody of the register book in which the marriage is registered and the officiating minister or Registrar shall enter the particular disclosed in the certificate on the entry in the register book. \par \par (3) Every certified copy of an entry in a register book issued after any memorandum has been entered as provided by this section shall contain the particulars }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7802252 disclosed in the memorandum. }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid16390147 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7802252 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14302958 47. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14302958 Recording of changes of name in marriage record book}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid14302958 (1) Where any married person, whose marriage has been solemnised in the Cook Islands, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13708677 has changed his name by deed poll and the change has been registered in accordance with section 18 of the Birth and Deaths Registration Act 1973, t hat person (or, if that person has died, then the other party to the marriage) may make an application in writing to the Registrar-General requesting him to endorse a memorandum of the change of name on his record of the marriage entry.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10617008 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13708677 \par (2) On receipt of the application together with the prescribed fee, the Registrar-General shall forthwith abstract particulars of the change of name from the deed poll and shall endorse and sign a memorandum }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 of those particulars on his record of marriage of the person named in the deed poll, but shall not erase, cross out, or obliterate the particulars of marriage existing in his records at the time of the application.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13708677 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3) An }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 application}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 under subsection (1) of this section may be made at }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 the time}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of application for registr ation of a deed poll under section 18 of the Births and Deaths Registration }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 Act 1973 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 or at }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 time }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 after }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 registra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 tion }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 under}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 th}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 at}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 section.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 (4}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 Every certified copy of an entry in a}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 regis}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 ter book issued by the Registra}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 r-General under subsection (2) of section}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 4}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 5 of this Act afte}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 r a}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 n}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 y memorandum has been }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 endorsed as}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 provided by subsection (2}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 )}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of this section shall have a copy of }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 the}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 memo}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268\charrsid6842403 randum}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 endorsed there}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 on.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3429268 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 48.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 Offence to }{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid1919751 deny or im}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 pugn validity of lawful marriage}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 (1) E}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ve}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 r}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 y person commits an }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 offence}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 against this Act, and shall be liable on }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 conviction}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 to a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 f}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 in}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 e}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 not exceeding two hundred d}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 o}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 l}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 lars, who }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751\charrsid6842403 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1919751 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (a) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 Alleges, expressly or by implica tion, that any persons lawfully married are not truly and sufficiently married; or}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1919751 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1919751 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 (b) Alleges, expressly or by implication, that the issue of any lawful marriage is illegitimate or born out of wedlock. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1919751 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (2) For the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751\charrsid6842403 purpose}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 s}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 of this section the ter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 m "alleges" means making}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 any ver}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 bal statement, or publishing}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 or issuing any printed}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 or written statement, or in any}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 manner }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751\charrsid6842403 authorising}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 the making of}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 any verbal statement, or in any man }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 ner}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 authorising or being party}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 to the publication or issue of any printed}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 or written statement.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 (3) }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1919751 A person shall not be deemed to make an allegation contrary to the provisions of this section by reason only of using in the solemnisation of a marriage a form of marriage service which at the commencement of this Act was in use by th e religious body to which that person belongs, or by reason only of the printing or issue of any book containing a copy of a form of marriage service in use at the commencement of this Act by any religious body. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 49.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 Offence to alter register book without authority}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 Any person who without the authority of the Registrar-General makes any alteration in a register book, or any person having lawful custody of a register book who permits any such alteration, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. \par \par 50. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 Offence to solemnise marriage contrary to provisions of this Act}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 Every Registrar who knowingly and wilfully issues any marriage licence or solemnises any marriage contrary to the provisions of this Act, o r where there is any other lawful impediment to the marriage, and every officiating minister who knowingly and wilfully solemnises any marriage contrary to the provisions of this Act, or where there is any other lawful impediment to }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 he marriage, commits a n offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, or to a fine not exceeding six hundred dollars. \par \par 51. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 Offence to solemnise marriage falsely pretending to be officiating minister}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1012357 Every person who falsely pretends to be an officiating minister and solemnises any marriage, knowingly and wilfully so doing, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10448616 52. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10448616 Offences in connection with false statements and improper solemnisation of marriages}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid10448616 Every person commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine not exceeding }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 four hundred dollars, or to both, who knowingly and wilfully- \par \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12415711 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711\charrsid12415711 (a}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 ) Makes or causes to be made any false declaration for the purposes of this Act; or \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12415711 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12415711 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 (b) Makes or causes to be made, for the purpose of being inserted in any register boo}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11475383 k}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 , a false statement of any of the particulars required to be known and registered under the provisions of this Act; or \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12415711 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12415711 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 (c) Notifies any Registrar of the }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13129366 lodgement}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 of a caveat under section 25 of this Act if in fact no such caveat has been lodged. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12415711 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 \par 53. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 Offences generally}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 (1) Every person who fails to comply with or does any act in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act commits an offence. \par \par (2) Every person who commits an offence against this Act for which no specific penalty is elsewhere provided shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. \par \par 54. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 Limitation on prosecutions}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 No prosecution under this Act }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039 shall be commenced after the expiration of three years from the date when the offence was committed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12415711 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039 55. }{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039\charrsid3409039 Limitation per subsequen}{ \fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5326314 s}{\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039\charrsid3409039 matrimonium}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039 A child born out of wedlock, whether born before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be legitimated by the subsequent intermarriage after the commencement of this Act of the parents of that child, provided that at the time of the birth of the child there existed no bar to the intermarriage of the parents other than the age of one or both of those parents. \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3409039\charrsid3409039 56. }{\fs24\ul\insrsid3409039\charrsid3409039 Regulations}{\fs24\insrsid2507575 -}{\fs24\insrsid3409039 (1) The High Commissioner from time to time, by Order in Executive Council, may make regulations for any purpose for which regulations are }{\fs24\insrsid535676 contemplated or required by this Act, and may make all such other regulations as may in his opinion be necessary or expedient for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof.}{\fs24\insrsid3409039 \par }{\fs24\insrsid535676 \par (2) All regulations under this Act shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly within twenty-eight days of the date of the }{\fs24\insrsid16730422 making thereof if the Legislative}{\fs24\insrsid535676 Assembly is then in session, and , if not, shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly within twenty-eight days after the date of the commencement of the next ensuing session. \par \par 57. }{\fs24\ul\insrsid535676 Regulations may prescribe fees}{\fs24\insrsid9660918 -}{\fs24\insrsid535676 (1) Regulations under section 56 of this Act may prescribe fees for the doing of any act under this Act. \par \par (2) Where the Registrar-General or any Registrar is empowered by this Act to do any act for which a fee is payable, he may refuse to do the act until the fee is paid. \par \par (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of any regulations under this Act, the Registrar-General may dispense with the payment of any fee payable under this Act. \par \par 58. }{\fs24\ul\insrsid535676 Disposi}{\fs24\ul\insrsid2315062 tion of fines and fees}{\fs24\insrsid9660918 -}{\fs24\insrsid2315062 All fines recovered and all fees received under this Act shall be paid into the Cook Islands }{\fs24\insrsid9050119 Government}{\fs24\insrsid2315062 }{\fs24\insrsid9050119 Account.}{\fs24\insrsid535676 \par }{\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par 59. }{\fs24\ul\insrsid9050119 Repeals and savings}{\fs24\insrsid9660918 -}{\fs24\insrsid9050119 (1) The enactment specified in the Third Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed. \par \par (2) Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, it is hereby declared that the repeal of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provisions, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have been made or done under this Act, shall c ontinue and have effect as if it had been made or done under the corresponding provisions of this Act and as if that provision had been in force when the document was made or the thing was done. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid6979097 _______}{\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\ul\insrsid9050119\charrsid6979097 SCHEDULES \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\b\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\ul\insrsid9050119\charrsid2063577 FIRST SCHEDULE \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 Section 9(1) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\ul\insrsid9050119\charrsid2063577 RELIGIOUS BODIES \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc 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{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid6979097 _________}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\ul\insrsid9050119\charrsid2063577 SECOND SCHEDULE \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 Section 15(1) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\ul\insrsid9050119\charrsid2063577 FORBIDDEN MARRIAGES \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9050119 {\fs24\insrsid9050119 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\insrsid2063577 1. 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'}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2063577 s daughter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5597748 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2063577 s }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 husband:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2063577 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 (16) Daughter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5597748 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 s daughter}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid3686057 '}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 s husband: \par (17) Husband}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5597748 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 s son}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid15616340 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 s son: \par (18) Husband\rquote s daughter\rquote s son: \par (19) Brother}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5597748 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 s son: \par (20) Sister}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5597748 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 s son. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 3. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 The foregoing provisions of this Schedule with respect to any relationship shall apply whether t}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 he relationship is by the whole }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 blood or by the half blood.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684\charrsid6842403 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 4. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 In this Schedule, }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 unless the context otherwise requires, the term "wife }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 " means a former wife, whether she is alive or deceased,}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 and whether her m}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 arr}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 iage was terminated by death or }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 divorce or otherwise;}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 and the term "husband}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid5597748 "}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 has a }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684\charrsid6842403 corresponding}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 mean}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 ing.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2253187 ________________}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 THIRD SCHEDULE \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 Section 58(1) \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684\charrsid13520684 ENACTMENTS REPEALED \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par Part XVIII Cook Islands Act 1915 (sections 508 to 523 both inclusive) \par \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2716805 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 Regulations }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 under Part X}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 VI}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 II of the Cook Islands Act 1915, relating to }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684\charrsid6842403 Marriages}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 dated 19th }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 June 1916 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684\charrsid6842403 and}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 publi}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 shed in the New Zealand Gazette}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 No.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid9660918 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 72, 29th }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 J}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951\charrsid6842403 une 1916.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid11762951 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13520684 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2578857 ------------------------------------}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13520684 \par }}