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Forfeiture
of property

acquired by

marriage
had by
fraudulent
means.

Ch. 29. No. 2.] Marriage.

(3) Subject to the observance of the foregoing con-
ditions, a marriage solemnized under the provisions of this
section shall be and be held to be good and effectual in law.

(4) No marriage solemnized under the provisions of
this section shall operate as a revocation of any will.

Miscellaneous.

42. If any valid marriage shall be had under the
provisions of this Ordinance by means of any wilfully
false notice, oath, or declaration made by either party to
such marriage as to any matter as to which a notice, oath,
or declaration is herein required, it shall be lawful for the
Attorney General, by information on the relation of a
parent or guardian of a minor whose consent has not been
given to such marriage, and who shall be responsible for
any costs incurred in such suit, such parent or guardian
previously making oath or affirmation as is hercinafter
required, to sue for a forfeiture of all estate or interest in any
property accruing to the cffending party by such marriage,
and the Supreme Court shall have powcr in such suit
to declare such forfeiture and thereupon direct that all such
estate and interest, or any such part thereof as to the Court
shall scem fit, shall be secured, in such manncr as to the
Court shall seem fit, for the benefit of the innocent party,
and the issue of the marriage or any of them, or if both
parties to the said marriage shall, in the judgment of the
Court, be guilty of any such offence as aforesaid then for
the benefit of the issue of the said marriage, subject to
such provisions for the offending parties by way of mainten-
ance or otherwise as the said Court shall think reasonable:
Provided that no such suit as aforesaid shall be instituted
unless it shall have been first made out to the satisfaction
of the Attorney General by the oath of some person whose
consent was required by law to the said marriage or by his
or her solemn affirmation made in lieu of an oath, that the
circumstances of the case are such as to authorise the
institution of such proceedings, and that the consent
required by law for such marriage had not been obtained,
and that the person making such oath or affirmation
had not discovered that the said marriage had been con-
tracted more than six months before making such oath or
affirmation.