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Marriage Ordinance

LAWS OF THE GILBERT ISLANDS
REVISED EDITION 1977

CHAPTER 54

MARRIAGE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Registration of ministers of religion and appointment of lay preachers

PART II
RESTRICTIONS ON MARRIAGE

4. Marriage within prohibited degrees
5. Marriage of persons under 16
6. Marriage of persons already married
7. Marriage of persons under 21

PART III
PRELIMINARIES TO MARRIAGE

8. Notice of marriage
9. Registrar to issue certificate for marriage
10. Marriage to be solemnised within 3 months of notice
11. Minister may grant licence to marry
12. Objections to marriage

PART IV
SOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGE

13. Certificate or licence and declaration precedent to marriage
14. Place, time and form of marriage before registrar
15. Place, time and form of marriage before ministers of religion and lay preachers
16. Certificate of marriage

PART V
REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES

17. Registration of marriages before registrar