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Ch. 29. Na. 2.] Marriage.

 

Ordinances

Ch.29. No.2-

1940,

No, 24-1943,
24-1947,

Commence-
ment.

Short title.

Registrar of
Marriage.

District
Registrar,
Tort -of-
Spain.

District
Registrars,
San
Fernando
and Arimi

Wardens to
be District
Registrars.

CHAPTER 29. No. 2.
MARRIAGE.

AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE SOLEMNIZATION AND:
REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES.

[1st January, 1924.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Marriage Ordinance.

Administration.

2. The Registrar General shall be the Registrar of Marri-
ages under this Ordinance, and shall keep at his office in
Port-of-Spain a general register of marriages in the Colony.

3. The Registrar of Marriages shall be, in right of his
office, District Registrar of Marriages within the City of
Port-of-Spain.

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint such
persons as he shall see fit to be District Registrars of
Marriages for the Boroughs of San Fernando and Arima,
and every person so appointed shall hold office during the
Governor’s pleasure.

5. The Warden of each County shall be, in right of his
office, District Registrar of Marriages within the Wards
comprised in such County, and such Wards shall be deemed
the district of such District Registrar:

Provided that all powers and duties conferred and imposed
on a Warden as District Registrar of Marriages under this
Ordinance may be exercised and performed by an Assistant
Warden.