The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 12

II. Notice of Intended Marriages

II. Notice of Intended Marriages,

§ 8. In every case of marriage intended to be

Notice of every intended marriage to be given to Registrar.

solemnized in the Colony of New Zealand, one of the persons intending marriage shall, under his or

1854, Act No. 12, Sec. 6.

her hand, give notice in the form in the Schedule A, to this Act annexed, to the Registrar of the District within which one of the persons shall have dwelt for not less than three days, and shall therein truly state the age, name, and surname, and the calling or profession and condition of each of the persons intending marriage, the dwelling place of each of them, and the time that each of them has dwelt in such district, and the church, building, or place in which such marriage is intended to be solemnized: Provided always that if the persons intending marriage dwell in the districts of different Registrars, the like notice shall be given to the Registrar of each district.

Fee on leaving such notice. 1854, Act No. 12, See. 8.

§ 10. There shall be paid to the Registrar, by the person leaving the said notice of marriage with the Registrar, a fee of two shillings and sixpence.

Notice Book to be open for inspection. Ibid, Sec. 9.

§ 11. Every such "Marriage Notice Book" shall be open to all persons desiring to inspect the same, between the hours of ten in the morning and four in the afternoon of every day, except Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday, and the Queen's Birthday, and for every such inspection there shall be paid to the Registrar a fee of one shilling.
§ 13. When the consent is not given in the

Provision in other cases. 1858, Act No. 29 Sec. 7.

manner aforesaid, or when a declaration shall not be made in the presence of the Registrar by one of the persons intending marriage, that, to the best of declarant's knowledge and belief, there is no person within the colony having authority by law to give consent to the marriage, the Registrar shall not issue a certificate for marriage in any case in which one of the parties is a minor until the expiration of fourteen days after the receipt by him of the notice.
§ 14. For every certificate issued immediately

Fees on marriage certificates.

there shall be paid to the Registrar a fee of twenty

Ibid, Sec. 8.

shillings; and for every certificate not issued until the expiration of fourteen days, a fee of five shillings.
§ 15. No such certificate shall be issued by any

No certificate to be issued if' there be any lawful impediment.

Registrar if any lawful impediment be shown to the satisfaction of such Registrar to the issue thereof,

1851, Act No. 12, See. 11.

nor if the issue of such certificate shall have been forbidden in manner hereinafter mentioned by any person or persons authorized in that behalf as hereinafter provided.

The certificate to authorize but not oblige Officiating Minister. 1854, Act No. 12, Sec. 13.

§ 17. Every such certificate as aforesaid issued by any such Registrar shall be full authority for any Officiating Minister to celebrate any marriage, when both the persons intending to contract such marriage dwell in the same district. But if those persons dwell in different districts, certificates from the Registrars of both districts shall be required. Provided always that no such certificate or certificates shall oblige any Officiating Minister to solemnize any marriage.

Making false affirmation or declaration a misdemeanour. Ibid, See. 35.

§ 18. Every person who shall knowingly and wilfully make any false affirmation or declaration for the purpose of procuring any such certificate as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Notice, certificate, &c., to be good for three months only. Ibid, Sec. 14.

§ 19. Whenever a marriage shall not have been celebrated within three calendar months after the notice herein required to be given shall have been given to the Registrar, such notice and any certificate which may have been granted thereupon shall be utterly void.

Registrars to make quarterly Returns.

§ 20. Every Registrar shall, on the 31st day of March, the 30th June, the 30th September, and the

Ibid, See. 15.

31st December, in every year, make a Return to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, or to such other Officer as may be appointed by the Governor in that behalf, of every certificate granted by such Registrar since his last Return, and of the particulars stated in every notice received by him.?