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Schedule C., The Civil Marriage Ordinance (1910)
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SPECIAL LICENCE.
WHEREAS ye are minded, as it is said, to enter into a contract of marriage
under the provisions of the Civil Marriage Ordinance, and are desirous that
the same may be speedily celebrated; and whereas you A.B. (or you C.D.)
have made an affidavit before the Registrar General of the Colony that you
believe there is no impediment of kindred or alliance, or other lawful hindrance
to the said marriage, and that you A.B. (or C.D.) not being a widower (or
widow) are (or is) under the age of twenty-one years, and that the consent
of E.F., whose consent to your (or his or her) marriage is required by law, has
been obtained thereto (or that there is no person having authority to give such
consent):
Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Ordinance, I do hereby dispense
with the giving of notice and the issue of the certificate thereby prescribed,
and do hereby authorise the Registrar of Marriages of the District of
........................................................................ to celebrate marriage between you A.B. and
C.D. at (place of celebration), between the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon
and three o'clock in the afternoon and within three calendar months from
the date hereof.
Given under my hand, this .......................................... day of ...................................... 19 ............ .
Governor.
Civil Marriage [Cap. 97 1089
SCHEDULE D.
Sec. 16.
Civil Marriage Ordinance, ............ .
Marriages celebrated in the Registrar's
office at ............................................. in the District
of ..................................................... in the Colony
(or Protectorate) of Sierra Leone.
CERTIFICATE OF
MARRIAGE.
Civil Marriage Ordinance.
Marriages celebrated in the Registrar's
office at ............................................. in the District
of ..................................................... in the Colony
(or Protectorate) of Sierra Leone.
CERTIFICATE OF
MARRIAGE.
No.
Date.
19 .
Name of
Husband
Name of Wife
Witnesses
No.
When married.
Names and Surnames.
Full age or married.
Condition.
Rank or profession.
Residence at time of marriage.
Father's name and surname.
Occupation, rank or profession
of father.
No.
When married.
Names and Surnames.
Full age or married.
Condition.
Rank or profession.
Residence at time of marriage.
Father's name and surname.
Occupation, rank or profession
of father.
Married at .......................................... before me
This marriage
was celebrated
between us.
A.B.
C.D.
{
In the
presence
of us.
A.B.
Registrar.
E.F.
G.H.
Witnesses.
Married at .......................................... before me
This marriage
was celebrated
between us.
A.B.
C.D.
{
In the
presence
of us.
A.B.
Registrar.
E.F.
G.H.
Witnesses.
1090 Cap. 97] Civil Marriage
Sec. 21.
SCHEDULE E.
FEES.
Filing every notice and entering same ... ... ... ...
On issue of each certificate ... ... ... ... ...
Licence to marry without notice or certificate ... ... ...
On every marriage in Registrar's Office ... ... ... ...
For searching the Marriage Register books for every half-hour
or fraction thereof during which the search shall continue ...
For a certified extract ... ... ... ... ... ...
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