The Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Ordinance (1916)

1094 Cap. 99] Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) CHAPTER 99. MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS (FACILITIES). ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS. SECTION.

British subjects resident in the United Kingdom. CHAPTER 99. MARRIAGE OF BRITISH SUBJECTS (FACILITIES). 5 of 1916. Short title. Interpreta- tion. Marriages between British subjects resident in the Colony and British subjects resident in the United Kingdom.* An Ordinance to Facilitate Marriages between British Subjects Resident in the Colony and Protectorate of Sierra Leone and British Subjects Resident in the United Kingdom. [26TH AUGUST, 1916.] 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) Ordinance, and shall apply to the Colony and Protectorate. 2. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the expression " certificate for marriage ", in reference to certificates issued in Scotland, shall mean a certificate of due publication of notice of intention to marry. 3. (1) Where a marriage is intended to be celebrated or contracted under the provisions of the Christian Marriage Ordinance, or the Civil Marriage Ordinance, in any part of the Colony or Protectorate between a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, and a British subject resident in the said Colony or Protectorate, a certificate for marriage issued in England by a Superintendent Registrar, or in Scotland or Ireland by a Registrar, or a certificate of proclamation of banns issued in Scotland, shall, in the said Colony and Protectorate, have the same effect for the purpose of authorising the celebra- tion of such marriage in a public place of worship or for the purpose of contracting a marriage before a Registrar, as a * See The Ireland Act, 1949 (12, 13 and 14 Geo. 6, c. 41), in particular its section 3 (2), as to the effect of the references to Ireland in this section. Marriage of British Subjects (Facilities) [Cap. 99 1095 certificate of publication of banns under section 5 of the Christian Marriage Ordinance, or a certificate issued under Cap. 95. section 7 of the Civil Marriage Ordinance by the Registrar Cap. 97. of the district in which such marriage is to be contracted respectively: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall be deemed to authorise the contracting of a marriage by a native, contrary to the intention of section 4 of the Civil Marriage Ordinance. (2) Where a marriage is intended to be celebrated or con- tracted in the United Kingdom between a British subject resident in the Colony or Protectorate and a British subject resident in England, Scotland, or Ireland, banns may be published and a certificate of such publication may be given under the provisions of the Christian Marriage Ordinance, or Cap. 95. notice of such intended marriage may be given and a certificate of such notice may be issued under the provisions of the Civil Cap. 97. Marriage Ordinance in like manner as if the marriage were intended to be celebrated or contracted in the said Colony or Protectorate.