CHAPTER
124
FOREIGN MARRIAGE |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Notice of an intended marriage to be given to
Registrar General. |
Before publishing notice Registrar General may
satisfy himself as to residence. |
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Time in which a caveat may be entered. |
Certificate of Registrar to he given under his
seal. |
SCHEDULE. |
CHAPTER 124 |
FOREIGN MARRIAGE |
An Act to
give effect in The Bahamas to the Foreign Marriages Order in Council 1913. | 7 of 1916
5 of 1987 |
[Commencement 1st
August, 1916] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Foreign Marriage Act. | Short title. |
2. A notice of a marriage intended to be solemnized
under an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom entitled the Foreign
Marriage Act 1892 shall be given by one of the parties intending such marriage
who has had his or her usual place of abode for a period of not less than one
week immediately preceding it in some place in The Bahamas to the Registrar
General, in the form given in the Schedule to this Act. | Notice of an intended marriage to be given to
Registrar General. |
3. (1) Every such notice when received by the Registrar
General shall on payment of a fee of two dollars and fifty cents be published
by him as an official notice in three issues of the Gazette. | Before publishing notice Registrar General may satisfy
himself as to residence. |
(2) Before
publishing such notice the Registrar General may require to be satisfied that
the person giving the same has complied with the provisions as to residence
contained in section 2 of this Act. |
4. Every such official notice shall state that unless
the Registrar General is made aware within one month of the third and final
notice to be published in accordance with this Act of any impediment or
objection which should obstruct the solemnization of the marriage, he will give
to the party intending such marriage a certificate that the notice required by
section 2 of this Act has been given and published. | What notice shall state. |
5. (1) Any person may, within one month of the date of
the third and final publication of the notice, on payment of a fee of two
dollars and fifty cents to the Registrar General, enter a caveat signed
by him or on his behalf, and stating his residence and ground of his objection
to the grant of the certificate, and thereupon the
Registrar General shall withhold the certificate until he shall have examined
into the matter of the caveat and is satisfied that it does not disclose
any impediment or objection which should obstruct the solemnization of the
marriage, or until the caveat is withdrawn by the person entering it. | Time in which a caveat may be entered. |
(2) In the case of
doubt the Registrar General may refer the matter to the Attorney-General who
shall decide upon the same. | Matter may be referred to Attorney-General for
decision. |
(3) If the
Registrar General refuses to give the certificate the party intending the
marriage may appeal to the Attorney-General who shall thereupon either confirm
the refusal or direct the Registrar General to give the certificate. | Attorney-General may be appealed to if Registrar
refuses to give certificate. |
6. Subject to the provisions of section 5 of this Act
the Registrar General on the expiration of one month from the date of the third
and final publication of the notice shall give his certificate under his seal
that the said notice has been given and published in the manner required by the
law of The Bahamas. | Certificate of Registrar to be given under his seal. |
SCHEDULE (Section 2) |
THE FOREIGN
MARRIAGE ACT |
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Notice
is hereby given that a marriage is intended to be celebrated at
...............................
...................... in the (Country, State, Republic, Empire, etc.)
of ..........................................
before ........................................ the British Marriage Officer
appointed for the District between the following parties-
1.
Full name of party resident in The Bahamas.
Condition .......................................................... (Bachelor,
Spinster, Widower, Widow.)
Address in The Bahamas.
2.
Full name of party resident abroad.
Condition
.............................................................. (Bachelor,
Spinster, Widower, Widow.)
Address.
Signature.
Date.
To
the Registrar General.
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