Marriage. [Ch. 29. No. 2. 27
Marriage Officers.
6. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor, or any Marriage

person duly authorised by him, to grant licences to such
persons being ministers of any Christian religion, as the
Governor or such authorised person may, in his discretion,
think fit, to be Marriage Officers, and, without assigning
any reason for so doing, to cancel any such licence.

(2) A licence under this section shall be in the form
given in Schedule A hereto.

(3) Notice of the granting or cancellation of any such
licence shall be published in the Roval Gazette. Every such
notice shall take effect from the date of publication.

7. Any minister of religion who desires to be licensed as a
Marriage Officer shall make application to the Colonial
secretary. Such application shall state the dwelling-place
of the applicant and the name of the religious denomination
to which he belongs, and shall be accompanied by a certifi-
cate from the local head of such religious denomination to
the effect that the applicant is a fit and proper person to be
licensed as a Marriage Officer.

8. It shall be lawful for any Marriage Officer, subject to
the approval in writing of the local, head of his religious
denomination, to resign his appointment as such. Any
such resignation shall be notified in the Royal Gazette, and
shall take effect from the date of publication.

9. It shall be lawful for any Marriage Officer to act as such
in any part of the Colony.

10. Every District Registrar shall keep affixed in a
conspicuous place in his office a list of all licensed Marriage
Officers, in which list shall be stated the dwelling-place of
cach Marriage Officer, and the name or other description of
the place or places of public worship (if any) at which he
acts as a minister of religion.

Officers.
Ord.24-1047,
s. 2.

Schedule A,

Application
for licence as
a Marriage
Otficer.

Resignatiomr
of Marriage
Officer.

Marriage
Officer may
act in any
part of the
Colony.

District
Registrars
to keep lists
of Marriage
Officers.